pyramidal tent
- noun
- /ˈpɪrəmɪdəl tɛnt/
:
carpa piramidal
- After hours of hiking, they pitched a pyramidal tent at the edge of the forest.
Examples
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The pyramidal tent can comfortably provide shelter for six campers at once.
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We stayed in a pyramidal tent during our camping trip in the mountains.
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We set up a pyramidal tent for the camping trip.
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The children played inside the pyramidal tent all afternoon.
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After hours of hiking, they pitched a pyramidal tent at the edge of the forest.
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The pyramidal tent can comfortably provide shelter for six campers at once.
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We stayed in a pyramidal tent during our camping trip in the mountains.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'pyramidal' describes a pyramid-like shape and 'tent' is a shelter, so a learner who knows both words can infer a tent shaped like a pyramid. This follows a standard adjective + noun pattern that is cross-linguistically common and therefore transparently understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Pyramidal tent is named for its shape. The word pyramidal means 'like a pyramid' and the tent has a square base with sides that slope up to one point at the top. So this image— a tent that looks like a small pyramid—explains why it means 'a large tent shaped like a pyramid' used to shelter several people.
