tarpaulin

Converse of object

• use: Use a clean tarpaulin or sheet of polythene to protect the floor or ground along the foot of the wall.
• have: For October, we have three tarpaulins to give away - just in time for the Autumn rain!
• cover: We manufacture garden furniture covers, patio furniture covers, tarpaulins and awnings.
• throw: They are more revealing than essays and reviews, which either suppress the prestige process or at least throw a tarpaulin over it.
• sling: The dolphin about to be lifted on to a makeshift sling made out of a tarpaulin slung between two surfboards.
• provide: RESPONSES ActionAid Has provided tarpaulins and tents for 4,500 families.

Preposition: in

• garden: Needless to say theyâre mostly still sat there, under a giant blue tarpaulin in the back garden.

Adjective modifier

• heavy: It is made from heavy duty tarpaulin for added strength.
• blue: Needless to say theyâre mostly still sat there, under a giant blue tarpaulin in the back garden.
• old: Freight hauliers may have old tarpaulins which you could ask for.
• large: A large tarpaulin placed underneath it before assembly will save your flooring.
• green: Her boiler is in the background under the green tarpaulin.
• plastic: I said last time that a plastic type tarpaulin was the most likely method to use.

Modifies a noun

• sheet: We had an old tarpaulin sheet slung over the rafters.
• roof: We have tried painting under a tarpaulin roof, but our work suffered and so did we.

Noun used with modifier

• duty: It is made from heavy duty tarpaulin for added strength.
• burning: He attempts to cut away the burning tarpaulin with his pocket knife but in doing so his coat catches on fire.