ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tarball

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tarball is a noun meaning A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.

Meaning

A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.

More Meanings

  1. (computing) A file that is an archive of several other files, created using the Unix tar utility.
  2. (transitive, computing) To archive into a tarball.

Example Sentences

1969, Hearings By United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary All of us who have been to the beaches this year have encountered tarballs that stick to our feet and mess up our rugs.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tarre, pitch, tarbrush, tarpit, sandball, goudron.

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