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Definition of "tented" [tent•ed]

  • Covered with tents. (adjective)
  • Sheltered in tents. (adjective)
  • Resembling a tent. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tented" in a sentence
  • "Figure 139 is thus classified as a tented arch, as will be seen later."
  • "The ridges thus converging give to the pattern the appearance of a tent in outline, hence the name tented arch."
  • "Some of the men we had previously seen at the outpost tent came around the fire and informed us that we were to remain tented there, because in the morning their two ponbos were coming to see us."
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