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Meaning of TAPA

Pronunciation:  'tâpu

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
  2. [n]  thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
 

TAPA is a 4 letter word that starts with T.

 

 Synonyms: tappa, tappa
 
 See Also: bark, cloth, fabric, material, textile

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ta"pa\, n.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner
bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also {kapa}.

 

 

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