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tipi

US/ˈtiːpi/

tipi 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 tipi

pluraltipis

Words formed from tipi

Words that rhyme with tipi

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about tipi

What is tipi the alternative form of?
Tipi is the alternative form of teepee.
How do you pronounce tipi?
Tipi is pronounced /ˈtiːpi/ (US).

Words near tipi in the dictionary

  1. tipful
  2. tipfuls
  3. Tiph
  4. tiphiid
  5. tiphiids
  6. tipi
  7. tipifarnib
  8. tipilike
  9. tipindole
  10. tipiracil
  11. tipis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tipi (page history and authors); teepee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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