tarpaper

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noun

A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.

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Meanings

nountarpaper (countable and uncountable, plural tarpapers)

plural tarpapers · alternative tar paper

  1. countableuncountableA heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.
verbtarpaper (third-person singular simple present tarpapers, present participle tarpapering, simple past and past participle tarpapered)

present singular third person tarpapers · participle present tarpapering · participle past tarpapered · past tarpapered · alternative tar paper

  1. To cover with tarpaper.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
asphalt paper

Origin

From tar + paper.

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Translations

Bulgarian покривна мушама
  • покривна мушама (pokrivna mušama)heavy paper coated with tar
Chinese Mandarin 焦油紙 /焦油纸
  • 焦油紙 /焦油纸 (jiāoyóuzhǐ)heavy paper coated with tar
Finnish tervapaperi
  • tervapaperiheavy paper coated with tar
French papier goudronné
  • papier goudronnéheavy paper coated with tar
German Dachpappe
  • Dachpappeheavy paper coated with tar
Hungarian kátránypapír
  • kátránypapírheavy paper coated with tar
Japanese アスファルトルーフィング
  • アスファルトルーフィング (asufarutorūfingu)heavy paper coated with tar
Polish papa
  • papaheavy paper coated with tar
Romanian carton gudronat
  • carton gudronatheavy paper coated with tar
Russian толь
  • толь (tolʹ)heavy paper coated with tar

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

artpaper
Cite this entry
APA

tarpaper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarpaper

MLA

“tarpaper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarpaper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tarpaper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarpaper.

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