TAR PAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tar paper mean? 

• TAR PAPER (noun)
  The noun TAR PAPER has 1 sense:

1. a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing

  Familiarity information: TAR PAPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAR PAPER (noun)

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 ("tar 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)