tepee

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A form of teepee — A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.

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Meanings

nountepee (plural tepees)

plural tepees

  1. alternativeAlternative form of teepee.

    Two girls lived in the tepee with the old hag and her warrior son.

    1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 173

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna Native American tent; usually of conical shape

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APA

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