tipi

noun

ti·​pi

less common spelling of tepee

: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains

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New this year will be an enormous 20-foot tipi, as well as a demonstration area revealing the process of erecting tipi’s step-by-step. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 On a recent Saturday, visitors helped plant seeds and build traditional tipi trellises for the center’s teaching garden. — Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 24 May 2026 Memories are made in the cement tipi motel in Holbrook, Arizona. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2026 How to see the northern lights in Finland Nordic Adventures offers a slew of northern lights viewing excursions, including photography tours, snowmobile safaris, nighttime reindeer sleigh rides, and aurora hunting from private Lappish tipi tents. — Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tipi

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tipi

variant of tepee

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