tenttent /tent/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] 
a shelter consisting of a sheet of cloth supported by poles and ropes, used especially for camping: 
We looked for a flat spot where we could pitch our tent (=put up our tent). → oxygen tent
WORD ORIGINtent
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French tente, from Latin tenta, from the past participle of tendere; ➔ TENDEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- As we erected the tent Tony became wistful again.
- In her winter coat she appeared to be little more than a central pole with a tent draped from her shoulders.
- Resler and I were alone in our corner of the tent.
- So stick to your own tent if you want a snog.
- Tackle boxes and tents are being tossed into car trunks.
- That night, in their tents, they nearly died of cold.
- This was fine compared to the moldy tents and dirt floors at tent city.
- We made camp about 5 p. m. each night, using tents and gear provided by Amr and our own sleeping bags.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We looked for a flat spot where we could pitch our tent (=put up our tent).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
We looked for a flat spot where we could pitch our tent (=put up our tent).· They merely pointed where they wanted everyone to go, which was into the big tent.· And those that can afford it have an even bigger tent.· I see the big blue-green tent, created with sterile sheets, but it mostly hides Neil.
· The men ate in a large tent outside the perimeter of the fence.· Because of a shortage of facilities at Lockheed, he put a lot of his design engineers into a large tent.· The show takes place in a large tent that seats 100 to 150 people.· We had a fairly large tent city, with some improvements, within a matter of two or three days of arrival.· Another day and they passed the large green tents of the Red Cross.· They followed the stretcher until they arrived at a large tent which had a hastily painted sign slung across its front.· Stability: for such a large tent, its stability was good with all the guys pegged out.· The cheapest beds in London either in your own tent or in dorm accommodation in fourteen large tents.
· In an effort to boost club funds, a small tent will soon be found on the far side of the ground.· It would have required a quantity of material sufficient to make a small tent.· A small grey tent was inexpertly pitched in a field just outside the town.· And Oxfordshire's Harry Taylor, here on the left, is relying on a small tent for shelter.· Before I knew it, she was lying beside me in the small white tent.· Mr. Docherty told me that he was sleeping rough either in his car or in a small tent.
· The rows of white tents are numbered like a council estate.· Impermanence reigns in Atlanta, where white tents dot the landscape like so many mushrooms on the forest floor.· She indicated another mountain in the distance, dotted with cattle and white tents and suggested we try there.· Before I knew it, she was lying beside me in the small white tent.· Monday, the family erected a white tent of mourning outside their house in Rimal, on the outskirts of Gaza City.· The once crowded white and khaki tents sagged emptily over mud.
NOUN· About 25 of us arrived and went straight to the beer tent, where we spent quite some time.· The fight in the beer tent hardly gets a mention.· Much to my surprise, he led me towards one of the public beer tents.· Rows in the beer tent were quickly suppressed by the militia.
· Mobs of Right-wing thugs set ablaze a tent city housing refugees outside Leipzig and torched a hostel in Zielitz.· We had a fairly large tent city, with some improvements, within a matter of two or three days of arrival.· By nightfall, Oklahoma City was born on the prairie, a tent city of 10, 000.· This was fine compared to the moldy tents and dirt floors at tent city.· A few miles below, Southern California Edison was building a project and had erected a tent city for 140 men.
· The circular plan was derived from the hospital tents of the Crimea, where improved ventilation helped reduce the risk of cross-infection.· We went by the tower like a flash and landed on the red cross near the newly set-up hospital tent.· That week Leese and I flew more than a hundred wounded to the hospital tent.
· And the idea of this odd man, his chimpanzee and oxygen tent in tow, running a business is bizarre.
· We threw out a dummy made from sandbags and tent poles.· It looked as if there was a tent pole underneath it.· The parachute opened okay, but the tent poles smashed on landing.· He referred to my rods as stepped-up fly rods, and his I called tent poles.
· On our perimeter, some grunts hid in their pup tents trying to sleep while others stared into the gray foliage watching.· Among the trees below I saw hundreds of pup tents.· You have to set up a pup tent for the time being.
VERB· As we erected the tent Tony became wistful again.· And, as is customary, the families would erect a mourning tent.· The ganja farms increased in rapid frequency, with hastily erected tents dotting the hillsides.· Monday, the family erected a white tent of mourning outside their house in Rimal, on the outskirts of Gaza City.· The tent will then be held to the ground while you insert the poles and erect the tent. 5.· If it were a horse race, they might be erecting tents right now on the first turn.· The defendant's employees erected a tent over a manhole and surrounded the tent with paraffin lamps.· A few miles below, Southern California Edison was building a project and had erected a tent city for 140 men.
· Her hand wanted to rise: he found and made a tent for it with his own.· As Riker and I trudged off to find our tents, his voice faded to silence.· Peter Jones, 19, was found in a tent where a group of young people had gathered for a party.· I find only an empty tent with empty benches inside.· Two weeks later, they found a tent.· We found a tent where they were cooking omelettes filled with clams.· Porches, also known as bellends, can be found anywhere on the tent, depending on the design.· I know you found your tent, but perhaps you thought this might be a more comfortable bivouac than my cottage?
· People say it should now fold its tents and steal away.· Does that mean Starr must fold up his tent and go home?· They clearly did not have the votes in 1992, and they agreed to fold their tent again this time.· The itinerant peddlers had packed away their beadwork and knickknacks, folded their tents or shut their booths, and departed.
· Don't leave your tent pitched all day for a prolonged period - this will degrade the flysheet.· Fascinating, he said thoughtfully as he left the tent.· Bring your sleeping bag but leave your tent behind.· Fairfax leaves the tent and walks over to the fire.
· When Abdulrahman Bu Riziq explained why he lived in a tent he remarked the absence of policemen.· Ever try living in a tent through a Dakota winter?· Instead of living in a tent on the grassland, he lives in a sparse two-room flat in the city.· Terry said we could live in tents on the job.· It's like living in a circus tent under trainee trapeze artists.· The thought of living in a tent and picking grapes in the cool California mornings hit me right.· At one side of the hospital refugees living in tents and under corrugated iron were also cooking.· During that pilgrimage, they lived in tents and booths, otherwise known as sukkot.
· But perhaps they should all just pack up their corporate tents and go home.· In Episode Two, they pack a tent and sleeping bags a weekend at a nearby state park.
· In which wilderness have they pitched their tents?· If he keeps blossoming at this rate, too, basketball coaches soon will be pitching tents in his yard.· Joel arrived in time to pitch my tent.· That was how Master Yehudi came to pitch his tent in Kansas.· After pitching their tents, the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights.· Troops could scarcely find dry ground on which to pitch their tents.· It was late by the time we had finished chatting and they cycled off to find somewhere to pitch their tent.· We trailed off into the canyons, and pitched tents under the conifers.
· Practise putting your tent up in the garden several times.· To wit: Around 1920, Jess Swicegood put up a barbecue tent in Lexington, making himself one of the originals.· I was past putting the tent up, celebrating and wondering why my arms did not drop off.· They put him out of the tent to await transport to the casualty clearing station or death, whichever should come first.· I don't know why the fairs don't put up their tents on a permanent basis.· This year a travelling circus put up its tent and offered the public a horse-riding show.· I enjoy putting up a tent, I like campfires and food for me tastes so much better outside.
· We sat down on the little grass patch where the strolling players set up their tent.· After they left Koju and I set up a tent a quarter of a mile from the village.· Mobs of Right-wing thugs set ablaze a tent city housing refugees outside Leipzig and torched a hostel in Zielitz.· You have to set up a pup tent for the time being.
· Many of the men who sat outside the tents were stripped to the waist and some of them were barefoot.· Achilles sat by his tent waiting for Patroclus to return.· Billy Stewart sits outside his tent and watches flies.· Achilles sat alone in his tent, brooding over his wrongs.
· Going to camp is like going on Pack holiday but everyone sleeps outside in tents.· The latest shocks caused panic among some 50, 000 people sleeping in tents, campers and public buildings.· A 16-year-old girl was raped as she slept in her tent at the Reading music festival, Berkshire.· Remember, all her life she had wandered from place to place, sleeping in a tent or under the stars.· I could sleep inside the tent, just on the outskirts of the flock.· In recent Grand Prix events, up to 200,000 people have slept in tents and trailers in the centre of the track.· We slept in rough tents with cots in the mud.
· Nobody had any good ideas, the best one being to stay in our tents until the fog cleared.· While Achilles stayed in his tent a fierce battle followed, the hardest yet fought.· Mr Lennox grumbled and glowered. Stay in a tent or caravan!
a shelter consisting of a sheet of cloth supported by poles and ropes, used especially for camping: We looked for a flat spot where we could pitch our tent (=put up our tent). → oxygen tent