tent  /ˈtɛnt/ ? Meaning of "tent"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
  2. (n) a web that resembles a tent or carpet
  3. (v) live in or as if in a tent

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  1. A model wears a tent dress at the 3.
  2. Frederic Druart,a Belgian homeless for six years, steps out of a tent set up along the Canal Saint Martin in Paris.
  3. A cooling breeze rustled through the tents and the dusty town.

Quotes

  1. "They could have amended their business practices like other companies and charged lawful rates, but they chose to fold their tent here," Goddard said. "That's just what Arizona voters hoped would happen when they rejected this industry at...
    on Jul 9, 2010 By: Terry Goddard Source: Washington Post

  2. Congressman Tom Tancredo said he had heard so many conversions on the issues that "it's beginning to truly sound like a Baptist tent revival meeting here."
    on May 16, 2007 By: Tom Tancredo Source: CBS News

  3. Specter, a 79-year-old fifth-term senator, wrote in a statement that he has been a Republican since 1966 and was elected nearly 30 years ago "as part of the Reagan Big Tent."
    on Apr 28, 2009 By: Arlen Specter Source: CBS News

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