tepee

noun

te·​pee ˈtē-(ˌ)pē 

variants or teepee or less commonly tipi

: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains

Illustration of tepee

Examples of tepee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The rooms upstairs, in the nearby garden house or in the smattering of tepees on the grounds are filled with the same attention to detail and spirit of serious unseriousness. —Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025

Visitors without camping gear can rent an equipped tent or tepee. —Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025

There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025

Because of the policy shift, the library has moved its after-school kids’ program to outdoor tepees to comply with the law. —Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Dakota t^hípi, from t^hi- to dwell

First Known Use

1743, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tepee

• be
• bee
• bree
• cree
• fee
• flea
• flee
• free
• gee
• ghee
• glee
• he

Kids Definition

tepee

noun

te·​pee

variants or teepee also tipi

ˈtē-pē

: a cone-shaped tent usually of skins used as a home especially by Indigenous people of the Great Plains

Etymology

from t^hípi, a word in the language of the Dakotas meaning "a dwelling tent," from t^hí- "to dwell"