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tarpaulin
tarpaulin is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.
- 2noun
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
- 3noun
Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
- 4noun
waterproofed canvas
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