tent

Words with a similar base: tent

'tent'

[tent.n.01] as in: a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

Examples:
he pitched his tent near the creek

'tent'

[tent.n.02] as in: a web that resembles a tent or carpet

'tent'

[camp.v.01] as in: live in or as if in a tent

Examples:
Can we go camping again this summer?
The circus tented near the town
The houseguests had to camp in the living room

Origins

					tent (English)
├── tent (Middle English (1100-1500))
├── tente (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── tente (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
│   └── tente (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│       └── tenta (Latin)
└── tinto (Spanish)
    └── tinctus (Latin)
        └── tingere (Latin)

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