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Collocations for tent - noun

ADJECTIVE

camping (AmE)
A-frame, dome, frame (BrE), pup (AmE), ridge (BrE), wall (AmE)
three-person, two-person, etc.
makeshift
The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year.
leaky
flimsy
canvas
circus
beer, dining, food, hospitality, mess, refreshment (esp. BrE), tea (BrE)
cook, cooking (both esp. AmE)
Our team had erected a cook tent at the campsite.
press, VIP
The reporters were waiting for Tiger Woods to come to the press tent.
hospital
oxygen

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… OF TENTS

row

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VERB + tent

erect, pitch, put up, set up
They pitched their tent in a little clearing in the woods.
unzip, zip up
take down
pack, pack up
fold, fold up
share

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tent + VERB

blow down, collapse
blow away

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tent + NOUN

camp, city
a tent city housing refugees from the war
door, flap, peg, pole, rope, wall

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PREPOSITION

in a/the tent

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