tent

Meaning

Noun

1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
2. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
3. (Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To go camping.
2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
3. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.
4. Synonym of fumigate.

Verb

1. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) To attend to; to heed
2. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) to guard; to hinder.

Verb

To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

Synonyms

awning

marquee

hut

🛖

shelter

tarpaulin

camp

pavilion

cabin

canvas

screen

curtain

encamp

tabernacle

tepee

collapsible shelter

lodge

bivouac

groundsheet

temporary shelter

sunroof

camp out

canopy

wall tent

big top

house

🏠

howdah

lean-to

marque

plug

residence

scene

shield

🛡️

stage

sunshade

tampon

temple

wigwam

hipped roof

praetorium

Indian tent

caravansera

pavilon

pack tent

asylum

Translations

tente

⛺

Zelt

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tent

⛺

tenda

⛺

çadır

⛺

barraca

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tienda

⛺

tenda

⛺

tenda

⛺

σκηνή

carpa

⛺

tienda de campaña

⛺

kampeertent

toldo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tente

Cognate with Middle English: tilt

Cognate with Old English: teld

Cognate with Spanish: tienda

Inherited from Middle English: tent

In summary

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

Sentences

Take shelter in this tent , but keep still .

Only the lights in the great tent remained .

It was a tent like many at the oasis .

The following night , the boy appeared at the alchemist's tent with a horse .

Night fell , and an assortment of fighting men and merchants entered and exited the tent .