Tent

What “Tent” means

Noun

1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

Verb

1. To go camping.
2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
3. To form into a tent-like shape.
4. Synonym of fumigate.

Verb

1. To attend to; to heed.
2. To guard; to hinder.

Noun

1. Attention; regard, care.
2. Intention; design.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend

Business name ideas with “Tent”

Industries where “Tent” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Party Rental Business
• All Other Consumer Goods Rental