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Definition of: tent
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(tent) noun
A shelter of canvas or the like, supported by poles and fastened by cords to pegs (called tent pegs) driven into the ground.
—v.t. To cover with or as with a tent.
—v.i. To pitch a tent; camp out. [<F tente <LL tenta, orig. neut. plural of tentus, pp. of tendere stretch. Cf. L tentorium awning.]
a. Pup tent. b. Pyramid tent. c. Wall tent.
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