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tepee

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tepee noun
or teepee also tipi /ˈtiːpi/
plural tepees or tepis
tepee
noun
or teepee also tipi /ˈtiːpi/
plural tepees or tepis
Learner's definition of TEPEE
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: a tent that is shaped like a cone and that was used in the past by some Native Americans as a house(旧时某些美洲土著居民用的)圆锥形帐篷
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tepee

noun

te·​pee ˈtē-(ˌ)pē How to pronounce tepee (audio)
variants or or less commonly tipi
: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains

Illustration of tepee

Illustration of tepee

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Add homespun charm to your decor with our tepee and campfire cross-stitched pumpkins. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022 Planet Marfa, an outdoor dive bar with a courtyard centered around a tepee and a school bus, was my go-to spot to escape the afternoon heat with a cold beer. Anna Mazurek, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 Guests can practice yoga and meditation at an on-site yoga tepee and deck built on a spiritual vortex once identified by a shaman. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2019 In August, over the National Park Service’s birthday week, there will be another opportunity for visitors to engage directly with tribal members when a tepee village is set up at the Roosevelt Arch. Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 Light the tinder, and once the sticks catch fire, layer on more kindling, then another tepee of larger logs, keeping the doorways open. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2021 The central tepee at Cave City — which originally housed a restaurant — stands three stories tall and contains 18 tons of steel. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2021 That may be building with Legos, sitting alone in a tepee or reading a book. The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021 Toward midnight, a half-dozen of us climb a hill behind the tepee. Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Dakota thípi, from thi- to dwell

First Known Use

1743, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tepee was in 1743
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