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— English words —

• tarpaulin n. (Countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.
• tarpaulin n. (Countable, slang, archaic) A sailor.
• tarpaulin n. (Uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
• tarpaulin n. (Uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
• tarpaulin n. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
• tarpaulin v. To cover with a tarpaulin.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• tarpaulin n. Tarpaulin ; een dekzeil.
• tarpaulin n. Tarpaulin ; een zware , waterdichte stof.

— In French —

• tarpaulin n.m. (Familier) Bâche.
• tarpaulin n.m. (Jargon maritime) Marin professionnel.

33 English words from 6 English definitions

and Any archaic blanket Canvas cloth Countable cover covered hat heavy made made␣of material nautical obsolete often others painted sailor sailors sheet slang tar tarp tarpaulin tarred Uncountable used waterproof waterproofed with worn

5 English words from 4 foreign definitions

een Jargon Marin maritime Tarpaulin

5 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Bâche dekzeil Familier professionnel stof

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

tarpauling tarpaulins tarpaulined tarpaulings tarpaulining

24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

arp Arp ARP ARPA aul Aul lin Lin -lin lin. Lin. pau Pau paul Paul Pauli paulin Paulin RPA tar Tar TAR tarp Ulin

16 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

apr Apr APR Apr. Lua LUA nil NIL nil- PRA prat rat Rat RAT 'rat UAP

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

unpartial

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

pull␣a␣train tarpauling tarpaulins

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

airplant air␣plant naptural naupliar Plautian Tanarupi

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

turpaulin

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