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TENT-FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tent-fly mean?
• TENT-FLY (noun)
The noun TENT-FLY has 1 sense:
1. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
Familiarity information: TENT-FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fly; fly sheet; rainfly; tent-fly; tent flap
Hypernyms ("tent-fly" is a kind of...):
flap (any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely)
Holonyms ("tent-fly" is a part of...):
fly tent (a tent with a fly front)
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