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teepee

US/ˈtiːpi/

teepee noun: a cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America. Also the alternative form of TP.

teepee: a cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America
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Noun

teepee (plural teepees)

  1. A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
  2. A conical formation of small flammable sticks leaning on each other, in roughly the shape of an Indian teepee, built over smaller tinder such as cotton or leaves.

Also used as

teepee is also the alternative form of TP.

teepee meaning in Pashto and Indonesian

teepee in Pashto

cone-shaped tent
تيپي tipi

teepee in Indonesian

cone-shaped tent
tipi

Forms of teepee

Noun
pluralteepees
alternative formtepee
alternative formtipi
Verb
third-person singular presentteepees
present participleteepeeing
past participleteepeed
pastteepeed

Origin of teepee

From the Lakota word thípi (/ˈtʰipi/), which consists of two elements: the verb thí (“to dwell”), and pi, a pluralising enclitic (a suffix-like ending that marks the subject of the verb as plural), which means they dwell. Lakota verbs can be used as nouns and this is the case with thípi, which in practice simply means house.

Words formed from teepee

Phrases with teepee

Words that rhyme with teepee

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Questions about teepee

What does teepee mean?
Teepee means a cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
What is teepee in Pashto?
Teepee in Pashto is تيپي (tipi). See Teepee meaning in Pashto.
What part of speech is teepee?
Teepee is a noun.
How do you pronounce teepee?
Teepee is pronounced /ˈtiːpi/ (US).
What is the plural of teepee?
The plural of teepee is teepees.

Words near teepee in the dictionary

  1. teenybopping
  2. teenzine
  3. teenzines
  4. teep
  5. teeped
  6. teepee
  7. teepee burner
  8. teepee burners
  9. teepeed
  10. teepeeing
  11. teepeelike

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