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tent

UK/tɛnt/ US/tɪnt/ common uk
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

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”
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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”
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Origin

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

Phrases

  • eastern tent caterpillar
  • fold like a cheap tent
  • fold one's tent
  • pitch a tent
  • strike the tent
  • tent bed
  • tent camping
  • tent caterpillar

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