collapsible shelter
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Definition
- 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
- 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