tentlike

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adjective

Resembling a tent

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English tent →
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Meanings

adjectivetentlike (comparative more tentlike, superlative most tentlike)

comparative more tentlike · superlative most tentlike

  1. Resembling a tent

    In 2005 the 1951 Coward residence in Siesta Key, Fla., a collection of tentlike structures, was taken down.

    2007 May 23, Robin Pogrebin, “To Preserve a House, a Plan to Move It”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wigwamlike

Origin

  1. Englishtent
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishtentlike

From tent + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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