tented

adjective tent·ed \ ˈten-təd \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of tented

1 : covered with a tent or tents

tented camps

2 : shaped like a tent

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Recent Examples of tented from the Web

Also contributing to the decrease in the number of people on the street, the city opened three large tented shelters that together hold almost 700 people shortly before the count.

— gary warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Homelessness down 6 percent countywide," 17 May 2018
Obama’s guest lists numbered into the hundreds, requiring that the event be held in a tented pavilion erected on the South Lawn because no room in the White House can accommodate that many people.

— darlene superville, The Seattle Times, "Vive la France: Trump hosts glitzy White House state dinner," 21 Apr. 2018
Flip and grill for another 6 minutes and pull off to rest for 4 minutes under a tented piece of foil.

— caron golden, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Grilling: not just a man's world," 21 May 2018
Obama’s guest lists numbered into the hundreds, requiring that the event be held in a tented pavilion erected on the South Lawn because no room in the White House can accommodate that many people.

— Washington Post, "Trump hosting glitzy White House state dinner for Macron," 24 Apr. 2018
Obama’s guest lists numbered into the hundreds, requiring that the event be held in a tented pavilion erected on the South Lawn because no room in the White House can accommodate that many people.

— darlene superville, The Seattle Times, "Vive la France: Trump hosts glitzy White House state dinner," 21 Apr. 2018
Obama’s guest lists numbered into the hundreds, requiring that the event be held in a tented pavilion erected on the South Lawn because no room in the White House can accommodate that many people.

— darlene superville, The Seattle Times, "Vive la France: Trump hosts glitzy White House state dinner," 21 Apr. 2018
Those dinners were held under a tented pavilion on the South Lawn, as no room in the White House is able to accomodate that many people.

— kaitlyn schallhorn, Fox News, "Trump's first state dinner held in honor of French President Macron: What to know," 23 Apr. 2018
Obama’s guest lists numbered into the hundreds, requiring that the event be held in a tented pavilion erected on the South Lawn because no room in the White House can accommodate that many people.

— darlene superville, BostonGlobe.com, "Vive la France: President Trump hosts glitzy White House state dinner," 22 Apr. 2018

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