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Definition: Tarp |
TarpNoun1. Waterproofed canvas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tarp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1912. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Used to protect goods stored in the open or loaded on ships, wagons, lorries etc, against bad weather. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TARP | English | Test and Repair Processor | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: TarpSynonym: tarpaulin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tarp |
| Non-English Usage: "Tarp" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Scottish (a clod), Turkmen (trample, virgin soil). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | This answer is as ridiculous as this mink tarp that you've got around your buttocks (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren) | |
Lyrics | Wrapped up in that tarp Earl (Goodbye Earl; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Blue Water Droplets" by Cellulaer Dweller Commentary: "Water droplets collected on a blue tarp in the sun after a hailstorm." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tarp | 690 | nylon tarp | 12 |
canvas tarp | 130 | camouflage tarp | 12 |
truck tarp | 59 | shelter tarp | 11 |
canopy tarp | 45 | custom tarp | 11 |
tent tarp | 40 | trailer tarp | 11 |
vinyl tarp | 37 | tarp strap | 10 |
mesh tarp | 30 | heavy duty tarp | 10 |
poly tarp | 28 | insul tarp | 9 |
hay tarp | 28 | dump truck tarp | 8 |
camping tarp | 23 | oil rig tarp | 8 |
laminated tarp | 21 | car tarp | 8 |
boat tarp | 21 | tarp waterproof | 7 |
white tarp | 19 | camo tarp | 7 |
shade tarp | 17 | blue tarp | 7 |
plastic tarp | 17 | tarp wholesale | 7 |
tarp cover | 16 | tarp manufacturer | 7 |
pole tarp | 16 | home improvement tarp | 6 |
lumber tarp | 15 | roll tarp | 6 |
baseball field tarp | 13 | silver tarp | 6 |
baseball tarp | 12 | chapel tarp | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tarp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | presenning (awning, paulin, tarpaulin). (various references) | |
Dutch | dekzeil (awning, paulin, tarpaulin), dekkleed (awning, tarpaulin). (various references) | |
French | bâche (tarpaulin). (various references) | |
German | plane (awning, canopy, tarpaulin), persenning (tarpaulin). (various references) | |
Greek | κάλυμμα εμπορευμάτων (awning, tarpaulin). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vízhatlan ponyva (tarpaulin), kátrányos ponyva (tarpaulin). (various references) | |
Italian | telone impermeabile (awning, tarpaulin), incerata (awning, tarpaulin), copertone (tilt). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arptay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | encerado (cerecloth, polished, tarpaulin, wax cloth). (various references) | |
Russian | брезент (canvas, sailcloth, tarpaulin). (various references) | |
Spanish | toldo (awning, blind, canopy, hood, sunblind, sunshade). (various references) | |
Turkish | tente (awning, canopy, marquee, sun blind, tarpaulin, tester, tilt), muşamba (lino, linoleum, oilcloth, oilskin, tarpaulin, waxcloth), katranlı muşamba (tarpaulin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tarp": tarpan, tarpans, tarpaper, tarpapers, tarpaulin, tarpaulins, tarpon, tarpons, tarps. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tarp": altarpiece, altarpieces. (additional references) | |
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"Tarp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aarp, atrap, earp, karp, taar, tahr, taip, tapf, taph, tara, tarap, tarb, tard, tarf, targ, tari, tarl, tarph, tarr, tarv, tarz, taup, tavr, terb, terl, terp, tharp, tirp, Topra, torp, tra, Trapa, traq, traup, trp, turp, twarp, yarp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tarp" (pronounced tÄ"rp) |
| 3 | -Ä" r p | carp, harp, scarp, sharp. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: part, prat, rapt, trap. | |
| Words within the letters "a-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: apt, art, par, pat, rap, rat, tap, tar. | |
-2 letters: ar, at, pa, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: apart, aport, apter, atrip, parts, party, pater, peart, prate, prats, pruta, sprat, strap, taper, tapir, tarps, tramp, traps, trapt, wrapt. | |
+2 letters: abrupt, armpit, arpent, captor, carpet, cartop, depart, enrapt, entrap, impart, palter, paltry, pantry, parent, parget, parity, parrot, partan, parted, partly, parton, paster, pastor, pastry, paters, patrol, patron, patter, patzer, petard, pirate, plater, portal, prated, prater, prates, preact, pretax, protea, prutah, ragtop, rapist, raptly, raptor, repast, repeat, retape, satrap, sprats, straps, tamper, tapers, tapirs, tapper, tarpan, tarpon, tephra, teraph, threap, tramps, trapan, trapes, trepan, updart, uprate, uptear. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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