OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 15178

tent

/tɛnt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carpa • tienda • toldo
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.
We bought a new tent that can be put up in five seconds, but it took about twenty minutes to take it down and pack it away.
We were camping in a three-man tent.
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