tarpaulin
tarpaulin
Definition
tar·pau·lin (tär pô′lin, tär′pə lin)
tarpaulin
Synonyms
tarpaulin
Usage Examples
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
