cook tent

A form of cooktent — A tent that is equipped with cooking paraphernalia that supplies food for a camp.

Meanings

nouncook tent (plural cook tents)

plural cook tents

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cooktent.

    Most crew hate the cook tent with a passion, which is why they won't necessarily advertise they have one, unless they really have to.

    2013, Andy N Robinson, Kirsty McGregor, It's NOT a Holiday!: The A-Z Guide to Group Travel, page 65
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    They didn't tell us until we went to the cook tent, where they sleep, at 9 pm for some hot water and found them lying on the stone floor wrapped up in a blanket.

    2013, Mr M S Lewis, Mr Matthew Gallagher, Miss C A Lumby, Expedition Diaries - In The Throne Room of the Mountain God

    Joaquin drank his coffee and came to the realization that he was going to have to enter the cook tent in order to get his plate and that he would have to confront Howard..

    2013, Robert Lockridge, White Ash: The Story of Joaquin
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APA

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Chicago

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