tent
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9.5
- noun
- /tɛnt/
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nido de orugas
- There were four of them—long ones—the sticks of cut tobacco standing like little tents, perfectly aligned.
Examples
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The fearless ones wander out from under the tent of the tree.
Fiction book (2002) -
Their broad, paper-thin leaves rippled in the breeze like the roofs of giant tents.
Fiction book (1998) -
The scenery along our unpaved side route looks the same, though: stringy remains of tent worms.
Fiction book (1994) -
A few tents dwarfed by a huge temple door jutting out of the sand.
Fiction book (1997) -
The crowds stormed into the tents, exhibits, classes, and marketplaces of the fair.
Blog text (13) -
Many Siberian peoples liken the sky to a tent and refer to the Milky Way as the Seam of the She.
Academic text (1991) -
The tent woven by the caterpillars hung from the branches, creating a spooky sight in the forest.
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In the garden, we found a tent of silk spun by the caterpillars, which they used for shelter.
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The children discovered a green tent made of leaves and silk in the bushes, where the caterpillars lived.
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tent for an insect web also goes back to Latin tendere meaning 'to stretch'; like tension and extend, it suggests something 'stretched' across a space, so a web that covers branches looks like a little tent.