Tarball

Origin

tar + ball

Full definition of tarball

Noun

1. A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beachAll of us who have been to the beaches this year have encountered tarballs that stick to our feet and mess up our rugs. — 1969, Hearings By United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
2. (computing) A file that is an archive of several other files created using the Unix “tar” utility.