Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tappa

2 senses of tappa

Sense 1
tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark -- (the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus)
       => bark -- (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)

Sense 2
tapa, tappa -- (a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")