tent

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕnt, IPA ^(key): /tent/
• SAMPA: /tent/

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Noun

Singular tent

Plural tents

A man with a tent

1. (countable) A tent is similar to a house or building that is made of cloth or skins.

   We slept in a tent all week.

See also

• camp

Verb

Plain form tent

Third-person singular tents

Past tense tented

Past participle tented

Present participle tenting

1. (intransitive); (informal); (rare) If you tent, you camp in a tent.