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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 tentplay

  Familiarity information: TENT-FLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TENT-FLY (noun)


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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