tent

Definition of tent

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"

Types:: show 21 types...; hide 21 types...; backpacking tent, pack tent
a tent that can be carried in a backpack; bell tent
a bell-shaped tent; cabana
a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool; canvas, canvas tent, canvass
a tent made of canvas fabric; big top, circus tent, round top, top
a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; field tent
a canvas tent for use in the field; Sibley tent
a light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the top; wall tent
a canvas tent with four vertical walls; cottage tent
a tent providing shelter for a family; fly tent
a tent with a fly front; lean-to tent
tent that is attached to the side of a building; mountain tent
a lightweight tent with a floor; flaps close with a zipper; marquee, pavilion
large and often sumptuous tent; pop tent
a small tent that is easy to carry and quick to set up; praetorium, pretorium
the tent of an ancient Roman general; pup tent, shelter tent
a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows; pyramidal tent
a large tent shaped like a pyramid; can hold half a dozen people; teepee, tepee, tipi
a Native American tent; usually of conical shape; sealskin tent, tupek, tupik
tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling; two-man tent
a tent designed for occupancy by two persons; umbrella tent
a small tent with a single supporting pole and radiating metal ribs

Type of:: shelter
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

a web that resembles a tent or carpet

Type of:: web
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving

live in or as if in a tent

"The circus tented near the town"

Type of:: dwell, inhabit, live, populate
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of