Meaning & use
domed tent
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UK/ˌdəʊmd ˈtent/
US/ˌdoʊmd ˈtent/
Meaning
nouncountable
A tent with a rounded, dome-shaped top, usually held up by curved poles.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a domed tent or several domed tents.
Patterns
- a domed tent
- pitch a domed tent
- sleep in a domed tent
We pitched a domed tent beside the lake.
A domed tent is easy to set up because the poles bend into shape.
The store sells domed tents for two or four people.
Word forms
| plural | domed tents |
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Common combinations
- pitch a domed tent
- It took us ten minutes to pitch the domed tent.
- a two-person domed tent
- A two-person domed tent is light enough to carry on a hike.
- sleep in a domed tent
- We slept in a domed tent and stayed dry all night.
- dome tent
- Many campers simply call it a dome tent.
Synonyms and how they differ
- dome tent
- The shorter and more common name for the same kind of tent.
- igloo tent
- A tent with a rounded shape like a dome; less common in everyday speech.
Word family
Commonly confused: domed tent or dormant?
domed tent vs dormant
Dormant means inactive or sleeping, and sounds a little like domed. A domed tent is about shape, not sleep.
Practice
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A domed tent is a tent with a rounded top, so sentence A fits. B contradicts the shape, C uses the phrase as a verb, and D uses a wrong form.
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