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TENT/tent/

A tent is a cloth shelter you sleep in when you camp. Countable: a tent, tents. Put up a tent; take the tent down. A hut is often wood and stays in one place; a house is for living all year. Not ten (the number) — extra t.

Meaning

A shelter made of cloth that you sleep in when you camp.

Examples

• “We slept in a tent by the lake.”
• “It rained all night on the tent.”
• “We can fit four people in this tent.”

Good to know

a tent (cloth, camping). Contrast: hut (wood), house (home). Mix-up: ten. Verb: put up / take down.

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