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CIRCUS TENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does circus tent mean?

• CIRCUS TENT (noun)
The noun CIRCUS TENT has 1 sense:

1. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance

Familiarity information: CIRCUS TENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CIRCUS TENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

big top; circus tent; round top; top

Context examples:

he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent / they had the big top up in less than an hour

Hypernyms ("circus tent" is a kind of...):

canvas; canvas tent; canvass (a tent made of canvas fabric)

Holonyms ("circus tent" is a part of...):

circus (an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent)

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