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The correct spelling is tent.
How to pronounce tent
/tɛnt/
nounIPA: /tɛnt/
Say it like: Ten-t
The correct spelling is tent. 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. For example: "We were camping in a three-man tent."
Usage Examples
“We were camping in a three-man tent.”
“We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.”
“The sheet tented over his midsection.”
Meanings
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.The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
- 3.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.
- 5.Attention; regard, care.
verb
- 1.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.To form into a tent-like shape.
- 4.To attend to; to heed
- 5.To guard; to hinder.
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