Tent meaning

What does “tent” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“tent” is a noun and verb with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs).

tent

noun

  1. a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

    “he pitched his tent near the creek”

  2. a web that resembles a tent or carpet

verb

  1. live in or as if in a tent

    “Can we go camping again this summer?”

    “The circus tented near the town”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University