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# tent

«tent» in Mova's school dictionary: **a shelter made of cloth or nylon, held up by poles and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (tent, tents)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tent is a shelter made of cloth or nylon, held up by poles and ropes, that you put up when you go camping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#m1)

2) A big tent is used for a circus or a party (a marquee). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a thing counted, often with people per tent; «how many tents are needed» means round up. Everyday and outdoors: put up (pitch) a tent, take down a tent, tent pegs, sleeping bags. Safety: never use a stove or fire inside a tent.

### examples

- Each tent holds 4 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x1)
- 20 campers need tents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x2)
- They put up 6 tents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x3)
- How many tents are needed for 18 children? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x4)
- We hammered the tent pegs into the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x5)
- The circus put up a huge striped tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x6)
- Rain pattered on the tent all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x7)
- Zip the tent shut to keep out the mosquitoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x8)
- "Well, if your business be not pressing, tarry awhile in my tent." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/#x9)

### note

Countable: a tent, tents. People per tent is a rate. Trap: «how many tents are needed» means round up: 18 children in tents of 4 need 5 tents, not 4.5.

### In the corpora

- [The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/18/)
- [Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas, so barbecues must never be brought indoors or into a tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/16/)
- [Pitch a tent on flat, high ground away from dead trees, rivers and the bottom of slopes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/16/)
- [Leave a campsite as you found it, and walk carefully between tents because ropes and pegs trip people up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/20/)
- [And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.109/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.