cooktent

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noun

A tent that is equipped with cooking paraphernalia that supplies food for a camp.

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Meanings

nouncooktent (plural cooktents)

plural cooktents · alternative cook-tent · alternative cook tent

  1. A tent that is equipped with cooking paraphernalia that supplies food for a camp.

    Our cooktent had a pleasant business warmth, too.

    1987, Herbert Gold, The Man Who Was Not With It, page 14
    2 more examples

    The cooktent had been cleaned with the help of the clients on roster, then finished off by the reps.

    2010, Shannon Meadows, Road Wench: It's a Tour, Not a Holiday

    Jean seemed to be considering my proposition, almost as if I'd asked her up to my hotel room instead of over to a lousy cooktent for a cup of coffee.

    2017, Ed McBain, Don't Crowd Me

Origin

From cook + tent.

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APA

cooktent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooktent

MLA

“cooktent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooktent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cooktent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooktent.

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