Definition of "wigwam" []

• A Native American dwelling commonly having an arched or conical framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats. (noun)

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• "She said it with a strange little smile, for now she recognised that the word wigwam was not to be used in her new life."
• ""He doesn't know much about it, if he calls a wigwam a wampum," interposed Miss Smith, with still greater pertness."
• "Look up and around as you enter its celebrated conical concrete "wigwam" - designed and built within five years from 1962 - and you get drawn into one of 20th-century Britain's grandest colour experiences."