collapsible shelter

collapsible shelter
noun
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
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he pitched his tent near the creek

Syn: ↑tent
Derivationally related forms: ↑tent (for: ↑tent)
Hypernyms: ↑shelter
Hyponyms:
Part Meronyms: ↑guy, ↑guy cable, ↑guy wire, ↑guy rope

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