tent
noun
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
tentlike
-
a word derived from
tent.
Example Sentences
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Last fall, the Assembly nixed Bronson’s plans for a new insulated, tentlike structure that would have sheltered up to 150 people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
In the surrounding passageways, tentlike structures provide the context for juxtaposing the handcrafted with the machine-made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2016
“He knows how screwed up Washington is,” Simon said underneath a tentlike canopy on a hot and humid afternoon.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015
Some Ebola patients still die at the hospital, perhaps four per day, in the tentlike temporary isolation ward at the back of the muddy grounds.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2014
I’d give him no access to me, or my expressions, even my body language, if I wore a huge, tentlike outfit.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
