tent

• arbor
• awning
• backpack
• bivouac
• bower
• canopy
• canvas
• canvass
• caravan
• ceiling
• cover
• dome
• encamp
• fly
• marquee
• pavilion
• pergola
• roof
• screen
• shade
• shelter
• shield
• sleep out
• sunshade
• umbrella

• noun
  1. 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.
  2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
  3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
  4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
  5. Attention; regard, care.
  6. Intention; design.
  7. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
  8. A probe for searching a wound.
  9. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.
• verb
  1. To go camping.
  2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.
  4. To attend to; to heed.
  5. To guard; to hinder.
  6. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

• We set up our tent near the lake before sunset.
• The kids played inside the tent during the camping trip.
• A strong wind nearly blew the tent away.
• They packed a small tent for their hiking adventure.
• He zipped the tent shut to keep the bugs out.

backpack

cabana

cabin

quarter

quarters

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