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tent

noun·Reference

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

Related source terms

collapsible shelter

Other meanings

2. noun

a web that resembles a tent or carpet

3. verb

live in or as if in a tent

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