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 →

2) A big tent is used for a circus or a party (a marquee). tree →

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 →
• 20 campers need tents. tree →
• They put up 6 tents. tree →
• How many tents are needed for 18 children? tree →
• We hammered the tent pegs into the ground. tree →
• The circus put up a huge striped tent. tree →
• Rain pattered on the tent all night. tree →
• Zip the tent shut to keep out the mosquitoes. tree →
• "Well, if your business be not pressing, tarry awhile in my tent." tree →

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.
• Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas, so barbecues must never be brought indoors or into a tent.
• Pitch a tent on flat, high ground away from dead trees, rivers and the bottom of slopes.
• Leave a campsite as you found it, and walk carefully between tents because ropes and pegs trip people up.
• And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.