tent
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1.0
- noun
- /tɛnt/
:
tienda de campaña
- Here is the tent that we're going to be sleeping in.
- pitch a tent
- set up a tent
- sleep in a tent
And I was in my tent and I just started.
- And I was in my tent and I just started.
- OK, so my wife slept in the tent by herself with our dog.
- Some level of encampments and setting up tents might be OK.
- And Ray Mears didn't camp in the tent because of the fucking bears.
- One's glad to wake up alive in a tent on a bluff over an inlet.
- You are getting all your stuff for your tent, pitching your tent.
- Maybe I could start taking stuff out of the tent because that's a whole process.
- Do not get the sense that the Vikings set up a job fair tent in Ireland.
Examples
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PHOTO: Kadiya, below, sets up her tent while her youngest child plays on the bed.
Academic text (1992) -
We had this giant, big orange tent that slept seven of us.
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And I was in my tent and I just started.
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And by the time I get back to the tent, my tea is ready.
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So you rest there in a tent for, you know, six hours.
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Meet me at the tent tonight, okay?
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She lived in a tent as a refugee.
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Through the open flaps of the tent, he fixed his eyes on the horizon.
Academic text (1999) -
The high school volunteers live in tents in the backcountry and cook their own meals.
Academic text (1990) -
We set up our tent at the campsite before it started to rain.
Synonyms
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4.7
A small tent shaped like a triangle used for camping or by soldiers
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2.5
A large tent where circus performers put on shows and people watch
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2.5
A shelter made from strong heavy canvas cloth used for camping
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1.3
A big shelter made of cloth for people at outdoor events
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3.9
A large shelter made of heavy cloth used outdoors by soldiers or campers
A lightweight tent you carry in a backpack for multi-day hikes
A small light shelter you carry in a backpack when camping
A small, light tent that opens quickly and is easy to carry
A lightweight tent with a floor and zippered flaps for use in mountains
A small tent with a middle pole and metal bars that open like an umbrella
A tent with an extra cover at the front that protects from rain and sun
A small tent shaped like a triangle without a floor that gives temporary cover outdoors
A large camping shelter with four straight cloth walls that gives more room inside than a normal tent
A large cone-shaped canvas tent held up by a central tripod with an opening at the top for air
A large tent with walls and a roof big enough for a family
A tent that Inuit people make from seal skin to use in summer
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A young stage of a moth that lives in groups and eats leaves, leaving a flat web like a carpet
A large shelter with a square base and sloping sides that meet at the top to form a pyramid
- Offensive
A visible bulge in the front of a man's trousers when he is sexually excited
A small tent shaped like a triangle without a floor that gives temporary cover outdoors
- Archaic
A large cone-shaped canvas tent held up by a central tripod with an opening at the top for air
- US
A large camping shelter with four straight cloth walls that gives more room inside than a normal tent
How Spacious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tent comes from the Latin verb tendere, which means 'to stretch'. It is the same root as tension and extend, so a tent is cloth 'stretched' over poles to make a shelter.