tipi
noun
ti·pi
less common spelling of tepee
: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains
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For a special night the kids will love, rent the park’s tipi.
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Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the tipi, everything is a model after the woman.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
There’s a cedar sauna with a gravity shower and a tipi lodge tent for communal gatherings.
—Steve Lyons, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
In a toasty tipi, waiting for the lights to appear, these stories shape the perspective travelers apply to the night sky.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2024
Luger, who was born in North Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation, and lives in New Mexico, is installing a full-size tipi — upside-down.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Aubrey likes to express her love by giving her sisters unique presents, and has gifted Natalie and Renee everything from sports cards to a tipi.
—Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
Each tipi has a king or queen size memory foam bed and comes with luxury linens.
—Claire Trageser, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
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Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the tipi, everything is a model after the woman.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
There’s a cedar sauna with a gravity shower and a tipi lodge tent for communal gatherings.
—Steve Lyons, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
In a toasty tipi, waiting for the lights to appear, these stories shape the perspective travelers apply to the night sky.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2024
Luger, who was born in North Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation, and lives in New Mexico, is installing a full-size tipi — upside-down.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Aubrey likes to express her love by giving her sisters unique presents, and has gifted Natalie and Renee everything from sports cards to a tipi.
—Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
Each tipi has a king or queen size memory foam bed and comes with luxury linens.
—Claire Trageser, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
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“Tipi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipi. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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