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tentpoles

tentpoles is the plural of tentpole.

Meaning of tentpole

Noun

tentpole (plural tentpoles)

  1. One of the poles used to hold up a tent.
  2. (US, attributive, figuratively, usually) A large-scale entertainment production that is a major source of revenue for its studio, television network, or investors.
    • His [James Rolfe's] reasoning dances around the simple fact that has set this innocuous-seeming movie apart from its fellow blockbusters this summer—that it’s a tentpole genre film starring women.2016 May 18, David Sims, “The Outcry Against the All-Female ‘Ghostbusters’ Remake Gets Louder”, in The Atlantic

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Questions about tentpoles

What is tentpoles the plural of?
Tentpoles is the plural of tentpole.

Words near tentpoles in the dictionary

  1. tentpole film
  2. tentpole films
  3. tentpole movie
  4. tentpole movies
  5. tentpoled
  6. tentpoles
  7. tentpoling
  8. tents
  9. tentsful
  10. tentsuyu
  11. tentura

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