Collocations for tent - noun
ADJ.
dome, ridge | lightweight | three-person, two-person, etc. | makeshift
The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year.
The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year.
leaking, leaky | circus | beer, dining, luncheon, hospitality, mess, refreshment, tea | cook, cookhouse, cooking
There was a long queue of troops outside the cookhouse tent.
There was a long queue of troops outside the cookhouse tent.
hospital | press | oxygen
QUANT.
row
VERB + TENT
erect, pitch, put up, set up
They pitched their tent in a little clearing in the wood.
They pitched their tent in a little clearing in the wood.
unzip, zip shut/up | dismantle, take down | pack away/up | share
TENT + VERB
blow down, collapse
TENT + NOUN
camp, city
a tent city housing refugees from the war
a tent city housing refugees from the war
door, flap, frame, opening, peg, pole, rope, wall
PREP.
in a/the ~
PHRASES
the door/flap/roof of a tent