Collocations for "tent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tent" in context.
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tent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- pitch a tent in the [backyard, forest, campsite]
- pitch the tent [before, in the] dark
- know how to pitch a tent
- a [camping, backpacking] tent
- a tent for [camping]
- take the tent down
- take down the tent
- sleep in a tent
- spend the night in a tent
- (were) camped out in tents
- a [two] -person tent
- in the [festival, drink, food, hospitality, VIP] tent
- the tent [stakes, flaps]
- tent camping
- the wind snapped the tent poles
'tent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):