TEPEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tepee mean? 

• TEPEE (noun)
  The noun TEPEE has 1 sense:

1. a Native American tent; usually of conical shape

  Familiarity information: TEPEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEPEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Native American tent; usually of conical shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

teepee; tepee; tipi

Hypernyms ("tepee" is a kind of...):

indian lodge; lodge (any of various Native American dwellings)

collapsible shelter; tent (a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs))

 Context examples 

He came out boldly from the forest and trotted into camp straight to Grey Beaver's tepee.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The only way out was between the two tepees, and this the boy guarded.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He saw the camp again, the tepees, and the blaze of the fires.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Nothing happened, though the adjacent portions of the tepee moved.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He came to where Grey Beaver's tepee had stood.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The boy pursued him, and he, a stranger in the village, fled between two tepees to find himself cornered against a high earth bank.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But when the frames of poles were made into tepees by being covered with cloth and skins, White Fang was astounded.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

At Grey Beaver's heels he limped obediently through the village to the tepee.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Here was no warm side of a tepee against which to snuggle.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Dashing at top speed around a tepee, he ran full tilt into Kiche lying at the end of her stick.

(White Fang, by Jack London)