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DictionarytentPortable shelter
noun / verb

tent

TENT/tent/

A portable fabric shelter, or to camp in or cover with one.

The camping tent stretches over poles with guy lines anchored to the ground.

A simple camping tent made of fabric stretched over poles, stakes and guy lines anchored in ground, realistic outdoor shelter.
Etymology
tentLatinto stretch

A tent was literally 'something stretched out': hides or cloth stretched over a framework. The shelter takes its name from the stretched covering that forms it.

In context

Enhanced Public Domain90:33
he had a tent made under which it is said a 100 tables could be spread and here he entertained day after day an enormous company
Alexander the Great Biography (Audiobook)

More examples

  • This lightweight tent fits easily in my backpack.
  • We enjoy tenting in the mountains each summer.
  • Workers tent the outdoor dining area to keep everyone dry.

Forms

tent · tents · tented · tenting

Similar words

shelter
Any protective place or structure, not necessarily portable or fabric.
canopy
An overhead covering, usually open at the sides.