tent

1. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) (synset 104418399)
   "he pitched his tent near the creek"
   is a type of: shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
   subtypes:

   • backpacking tent, pack tent - a tent that can be carried in a backpack
   • bell tent - a bell-shaped tent
   • cabana - a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool
   • canvas, canvas tent, canvass - a tent made of canvas fabric
   • cottage tent - a tent providing shelter for a family
   • fly tent - a tent with a fly front
   • lean-to tent - tent that is attached to the side of a building
   • mountain tent - a lightweight tent with a floor; flaps close with a zipper
   • marquee, pavilion - large and often sumptuous tent
   • pop tent - a small tent that is easy to carry and quick to set up
   • praetorium, pretorium - the tent of an ancient Roman general
   • pup tent, shelter tent - a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows
   • pyramidal tent - a large tent shaped like a pyramid; can hold half a dozen people
   • teepee, tepee, tipi - a Native American tent; usually of conical shape
   • sealskin tent, tupek, tupik - tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling
   • two-man tent - a tent designed for occupancy by two persons
   • umbrella tent - a small tent with a single supporting pole and radiating metal ribs
   has: guy, guy cable, guy rope, guy wire - a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
   same as: collapsible shelter
2. A web that resembles a tent or carpet (synset 109479040)
   is a type of: web - an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving

1. Live in or as if in a tent (synset 202660091)
   "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
   is a type of: dwell, inhabit, live, populate - be an inhabitant of or reside in
   same as: bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp

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