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\ ˈtent 
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\Definition of tent
(Entry 1 of 3)
1 : a collapsible shelter of fabric (such as nylon or canvas) stretched and sustained by poles and used for camping outdoors or as a temporary building
2 : dwelling
3a : something that resembles a tent or that serves as a shelter especially : a canopy or enclosure placed over the head and shoulders to retain vapors or oxygen being medically administered
b : the web of a tent caterpillar
tent
verb (1)tented; tenting; tents
Definition of tent (Entry 2 of 3)
tent
verb (2)tented; tenting; tents
Definition of tent (Entry 3 of 3)
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Other Words from tent
Noun
tentless \ ˈtent-ləs \ adjective
\ adjectivetentlike \ ˈtent-ˌlīk \ adjective
\ adjective
Examples of tent in a Sentence
Noun
a huge tent was erected for the outdoor wedding reception
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Those social distancing plans were evident everywhere, even on the initial entry into the plant after a health check and temperature screening in a tent outside.
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Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, "Lear plant in Flint had 'every square inch' adapted in response to coronavirus," 15 May 2020 Then Johnson puts on her personal protection equipment and starts testing people in a tent.
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Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, "Houston nurses at UT Physicians and their effort to fight COVID-19," 7 May 2020 On the first day of the election campaign, city authorities inadvertently scooped up a homeless man living in a tent with a digger.
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Dara Doyle, Bloomberg.com, "Brexit Halo Fades for a Leader Fighting for Survival," 5 May 2020 The temperature tent still stands outside the building's entrance.
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USA Today, "‘Essential worker just means you’re on the death track’," 5 May 2020 Before workers enter the building, Meeks said, their temperatures are taken in a white tent outside.
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Coronavirus, ProPublica, "These Workers Packed Lip Gloss and Pandora Charm Bracelets. They Were Labeled “Essential” but Didn’t Feel Safe.," 2 May 2020 The Black Diamond Firstlight tent is simple and stable, but don’t let that fool you.
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Popular Science, "Four tents so good, you’d start calling them your second home," 27 Mar. 2020 Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac, the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "Survivor’s Guilt in the Mountains," 24 Feb. 2020 Farther back, the shelter was filled with row upon row of small camping tents.
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Lourdes Medrano/undark, Popular Science, "Migrants don’t carry more viruses than anyone else," 27 Apr. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Leave a Note Shinde is one of Botswana’s iconic luxury tented camps, refurbished in 2015 and located on the edge of the permanent waters of the Okavango Delta.
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Condé Nast Traveler, "Shinde Enclave," 25 Aug. 2017 A rival group, the Worker’s Ex-Servicemen League, Communist vets at odds with Waters’s group, tented at 14th and D streets in Southwest Washington.
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Terence Mcardle, Washington Post, "The veterans were desperate. Gen. MacArthur ordered U.S. troops to attack them.," 28 July 2017 Sherwood’s home has been tented so that sulfuryl fluoride, a poisonous, odorless gas, can be sprayed inside.
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Bill Hanna, star-telegram, "Exterminating rare termites in Fort Worth home takes extreme measures," 27 June 2017 Outside, two tented stages will provide three days of musical performances.
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Melinda Morris, NOLA.com, "Satchmo SummerFest announces lineup and a dance room with A/C," 27 June 2017 The design is suspended 30 feet above ground and features tented structures atop a mesh platform.
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Elizabeth Stamp, CNN, "The architects throwing out the rulebook on hotel design," 15 June 2017 One morning this week, Markowski watched workers hoeing the rich soil between rows of tobacco beneath acres of tenting on his family's West Suffield farm.
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Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, "Foreign Competition, Labor Costs Push Connecticut Shade Tobacco Farmers To The Edge," 15 June 2017 Like Top Gear, the car segments are filmed around the world, along with the addition of audience segments, thanks to the show's mobile tented studio.
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Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, "'Grand Tour' host Richard Hammond escapes fiery crash in Switzerland," 10 June 2017 The 37,000-acre spread will open its sixth tented camp, North Bank Camp, on the Blackfoot River this month.
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Compiled By Elaine Glusac, star-telegram.com, "Where to travel now if you’re yearning to explore the great outdoors," 7 June 2017
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tent
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of tent
: a portable shelter that is used outdoors, is made of cloth (such as canvas or nylon), and is held up with poles and ropes
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tent
noun\ ˈtent \
\Kids Definition of tent
: a portable shelter (as of canvas) stretched and supported by poles
tent
noun\ ˈtent \
\Medical Definition of tent
: a canopy or enclosure placed over the head and shoulders to retain vapors or oxygen during medical administration
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The first known use of tent was in the 14th century
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