Definition

1. Noun:
   • A portable, temporary structure designed for shelter, typically made of fabric (such as canvas or nylon) stretched over a frame of poles or rods, which can be easily folded or taken apart for transport and storage.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The hikers set up their collapsible shelter as soon as they reached the campsite.
  • For the beach trip, we brought a simple collapsible shelter to provide shade.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used generically but most specifically refers to a tent. It emphasizes the key features of portability and the ability to be folded down.
  • Modern collapsible shelters use lightweight, waterproof materials and flexible poles for quick assembly.

Variants and Related Words

• Tent (n): The most common and specific type of collapsible shelter.
  • They slept in a two-person tent.
• Pop-up shelter (n): A type of collapsible shelter that uses a spring-loaded frame for extremely quick deployment.
• Bivouac (n): A temporary, often improvised, camp without a tent or with a very minimal shelter.

Synonyms

• Tent
• Portable shelter
• Camping shelter

Related Phrases

• To pitch a [collapsible shelter/tent]: To set up or erect the shelter.
  • It took them twenty minutes to pitch their collapsible shelter.
• To strike a [collapsible shelter/tent]: To take down or dismantle the shelter.
  • We must strike the collapsible shelter before the storm arrives.

Related Idioms

• • To pitch one's tent: To settle down temporarily in a place.

    • After traveling for years, he decided to pitch his tent in the quiet village.

Noun

1. a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
   • he pitched his tent near the creek