tent

/tent/

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Explanation of the Word "Tent"

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Academic

Noun

1. a web that resembles a tent or carpet
2. a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
   • he pitched his tent near the creek

Verb

1. live in or as if in a tent
   • Can we go camping again this summer?
   • The circus tented near the town
   • The houseguests had to camp in the living room

Synonyms

• collapsible shelter
• camp
• encamp
• camp out
• bivouac