teepee
noun
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
teepees
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pluralof teepee.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Hides for clothing and teepees, bones for tools and weapons, horns for ladles, hair for rope — a steady supply of bison was fundamental.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
At various stops, we see remnants of the Indians’ time — rounded depressions, mostly, which served as firepits inside their teepees, along with an obsidian arrowhead that Mark finds at our second camp.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
“When someone sets up a bunch of teepees in the desert and invite people to stay there, where do they go to the bathroom?” he asked.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
“They set up this little community, put their teepees up and had some tents donated, and there were kids everywhere,” Thompson said, sobbing.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 21, 2020
She learned that they lived in wigwams, not teepees, and that they made canoes from the bark of a single white birch tree, removed in one piece so as not to kill it.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
