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tepee

tepee is the alternative form of teepee.

Meaning of teepee

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.

Forms of tepee

pluraltepees

Words formed from tepee

Questions about tepee

What is tepee the alternative form of?
Tepee is the alternative form of teepee.

Words near tepee in the dictionary

  1. tepary beans
  2. tepas
  3. tepe
  4. Tepecano
  5. Tepecoyo
  6. tepee
  7. tepeelike
  8. tepees
  9. tepefaction
  10. tepefied
  11. tepefies

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