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Definition of tent noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tent

noun
 
 
/tent/
 
/tent/
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  1. a shelter made of a large sheet of canvas, nylon, etc. that is supported by poles and ropes fixed to the ground, and is used especially for camping
    • to put up/take down a tent
    • to pitch (= put up) a tent
    • Food will be served in the hospitality tent (= for example at an outdoor show).
    • Everyone was sleeping outside in tents.
    see also beer tent, dome tent, frame tent, oxygen tent, pup tent, ridge tent, wall tent
    Extra Examples
    • The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year.
    • The reporters were waiting for the winners to come to the press tent.
    • There was a long queue of troops outside the cookhouse tent.
    • A tent city housing refugees from the war sprang up.
    Topics Holidaysb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • camping
    • A-frame
    • dome
    • …
    … of tents
    • row
    verb + tent
    • erect
    • pitch
    • put up
    • …
    tent + verb
    • blow down
    • collapse
    • blow away
    • …
    tent + noun
    • camp
    • city
    • door
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the tent
    See full entry
    see also big tent
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tente, based on Latin tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.
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