: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains
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Lodging options at this family-run ranch, which is open from spring to fall, include cabins with kitchenettes, an RV site and tepees.—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 2 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for tepee
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