tar paper
nounDefinition of tar paper
: a heavy paper coated or impregnated with tar for use especially in building
Examples of tar paper in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The texture of the strips of wood that held the tar paper intact, the crawl space underneath the barrack ... all those memories came back. — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, "The Uneven Historical Horror of The Terror: Infamy," 2 Sep. 2019 The texture of the strips of wood that held the tar paper intact, the crawl space underneath the barrack. — Los Angeles Times, "For Japanese Americans, ‘The Terror’ is personal," 9 Aug. 2019 The quilt and illustrations focus on her childhood in Harlem in the 1930s when her family would have picnics and sleep out under the stars on the tar paper roof of their building. — Victoria Dalkey, sacbee, "Faith Ringgold's famous ‘story quilts’ come to the Crocker | The Sacramento Bee," 16 Mar. 2018 Things got heated and their relationship crumbled and there just wasn't enough bracing and tar paper to patch all the holes. — Author: Shannyn Moore, Alaska Dispatch News, "Compromise works — but health care bill is no compromise," 1 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tar paper.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more