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ROOFING PAPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roofing paper mean?
• ROOFING PAPER (noun)
The noun ROOFING PAPER has 1 sense:
1. a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
Familiarity information: ROOFING PAPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
roofing paper; tar paper
Hypernyms ("roofing paper" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
roofing material (building material used in constructing roofs)
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