TENT


Meaning of TENT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ camping ( AmE )

▪ A-frame , dome , frame ( BrE ), pup ( AmE ), ridge ( BrE ), wall ( AmE )

▪ three-person , two-person , etc.

▪ makeshift

The refugees had been living in makeshift ~s for a year.

▪ leaky

▪ flimsy

▪ canvas

▪ circus

▪ beer , dining , food , hospitality , mess , refreshment ( esp. BrE ), tea ( BrE )

▪ cook , cooking (both esp. AmE )

Our team had erected a cook ~ at the campsite.

▪ press , VIP

The reporters were waiting for Tiger Woods to come to the press ~.

▪ hospital

▪ oxygen

… OF TENTS

▪ row

VERB + TENT

▪ erect , pitch , put up , set up

They pitched their ~ in a little clearing in the woods.

▪ unzip , zip up

▪ take down

▪ pack , pack up

▪ fold , fold up

▪ share

TENT + VERB

▪ blow down , collapse

▪ blow away

TENT + NOUN

▪ camp , city

a ~ city housing refugees from the war

▪ door , flap , peg , pole , rope , wall

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

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