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bell-tent

bell-tent is the alternative form of bell tent.

Meaning of bell tent

Noun

bell tent (plural bell tents)

  1. A tent having a bell-like shape.
    • Bourne found himself in a bell-tent behind the huts, with the Sergeant-Major of D Company, whose prisoner he was.1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 306

Forms of bell-tent

pluralbell-tents

Questions about bell-tent

What is bell-tent the alternative form of?
Bell-tent is the alternative form of bell tent.

Words near bell-tent in the dictionary

  1. bell-ringer
  2. bell-ringers
  3. bell-ringing
  4. bell-ringings
  5. bell-shaped
  6. bell-tent
  7. bell-tents
  8. bell-topper
  9. bell-toppers
  10. bell-wether
  11. bell/strobe

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