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PRONUNCIATION OF BELL TENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELL TENT

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Bell tent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BELL TENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bell tent

A bell tent is a human shelter for inhabiting, traveling or leisure. The design is a simple structure, supported by a single central pole, covered with a cotton canvas. The stability of the tent is reinforced with tension by guy ropes connected around the top of the walls and being held down by pegs around the circumference to the ground. It has a circular floor plan of some 10ft and larger. The multiple sizes of bell tents can be suited to their use or preference and most have a spacious interior, with room to sleep a number of people.

Definition of bell tent in the English dictionary

The definition of bell tent in the dictionary is a cone-shaped tent having a single central supporting pole.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELL TENT

bell bronze
bell buoy
bell captain
bell crank
bell glass
bell heather
bell jar
bell magpie
bell metal
bell moth
bell pepper
bell pull
bell punch
bell push
bell rope
bell sheep
bell the cat
bell tower
bell-bottomed
bell-bottomed trousers

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELL TENT

big tent
competent
consistent
content
existent
extent
frame tent
inconsistent
intent
intermittent
oxygen tent
patent
penitent
persistent
potent
pup tent
ridge tent
shelter tent
tent
trailer tent

Synonyms and antonyms of bell tent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bell tent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELL TENT

Find out the translation of bell tent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bell tent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bell tent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钟10吨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

campana carpa
570 millions of speakers

English

bell tent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेल तम्बू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جرس خيمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колокол палатка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sino tenda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘণ্টা তাঁবু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tente cloche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Khemah loceng
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rundzeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鐘のテント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벨 텐트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lawang lonceng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuông lều
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெல் கூடாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेल टेंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

koni şeklinde çadır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tenda campana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

namiot dzwon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дзвін палатка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clopot cort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καμπάνα σκηνή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klok tent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bell tält
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bell telt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bell tent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELL TENT»

The term «bell tent» is normally little used and occupies the 115.606 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELL TENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bell tent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELL TENT»

Discover the use of bell tent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bell tent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Public documents of Massachusetts
1 Bell Tents. 8 King Bolts. 18 No. 2 Bell Tents. 15 Shackles. 8 Marquees. 9 Swingletree Bolts. 4 Hospital Tents. 3 Wagon Pole Clasps. 4 Flys, spare. 4 Iron Axles. 10 No. 1 Bell Tent Tables. 27 Fellies. 29 No. 2 Bell Tent Tables. 37 Crowbars.
Massachusetts, 1865
2
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
... to sleep under a bell tent. The cubic space for each soldier is 51 to 64 cubic feet, but the consequent evils from overcrowding tents would be greatly mitigated by ventilation. The indispensable necessity of renewing the interior atmosphere of ...
Royal United Service Institution, 1860
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Journal
struck the common bell-tent in the same time ; but it must be observed, that Mr. Turner's tent would have been pitched in a much shorter time, had it not been for the fixing of the fire-place and ventilator— contrivances which the men had not ...
Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, 1861
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Journal
struck the common bell-tent in the same time ; but it must be observed, that Mr. Turner's tent would have been pitched in a much shorter time, had it not been for the fixing of the fire-place and ventilator — contrivances which the men had not ...
5
Popular Mechanics
HOW TO MAKE A BELL TENT Cheaper Than Buying a Tent and Just as (iood A bell tent is easily made and is nice for lawns, as well as for a boy's camping out- lit. The illustrations show a plan of a tent 14 ft. in diameter. To make such a tent, ...
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The Loner
They jumped out, and Mark watched as the bell tent was laboriously manhandled to a suitable place, torchesflashed, mallets were produced, and the guyropeswere unwound. He felt the cold more keenly now, and was aware of the steady ...
Paul J. Andrews, 2010
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Simon Gray: Plays 3: Quartermaine's Terms; Stage Struck; ...
Pick out, from his point of view, a bell tent, in fact Moon's tent, in the field opposite. Beyond the field, the village. A man — Moon — emerges from the tent, stares up at the sky briefly, goes back into tent. Stay on tent, field, etc., then mix into shot ...
Simon Gray, 2013
8
An Essay on Castrametation
There is a third fort of tent, called bell tent, from its refemblance to a bell, which ferves to flicker the fire arms of the infantry from rain. Fig. 5. plate I. reprefents the plan of a bell tent feen from the top. Fig. 6. the elevation of a bell tent. This tent is  ...
Lewis Lochée, 1778
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Romance of Sea-faring Life ...
As this tent was not large enough to contain us all, I proposed to four of the people to go to the end of the bay, about two miles distant from the bell tent, to occupy the skeleton of an old Indian wigwam, which I had discovered in a walk that way ...
‎1841
10
The Loss of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and ...
rainy, and finding nothing to subsist upon, we pitched a bell tent, which we had brought with us, in the wood opposite to where the barge lay. As this tent was not large enough to contain us all, I proposed to four of the people, to go to the end of  ...
John Bulkeley, John Cummins (carpenter of H.M.S. Wager.), 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELL TENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bell tent is used in the context of the following news items.
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From canoe to campsite: How the luxuries of a yurt can convert …
You can stay in a bell tent, tipi or yurt at Indigo Camping from £139pp. Or they can arrange B&B. Prices include all equipment, baggage ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
How Princess Charlotte of Cambridge conquered Norfolk
Meanwhile, a luxury bell tent hire company in the county has got really creative following the arrival of a little girl in the Cambridge household. «Royal Central, Jul 15»
3
Camping available for the first time at country fair
Campers can bring their own tents, caravans, campervans or can hire a luxury bell tent for the family. Holkham Country Fair was originally set ... «Out And About Live - Camping News, Jul 15»
4
Glastonbury is bonkers but why's the Dalai Lama got a T-shirt on his …
... showers, a Moroccan-themed communal area and inflatable beds with sheepskin coverlets, plus tea-light chandeliers in a luxury bell tent. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
Glastonbury 2015: How the other half lives in pop up hotels and …
Picture: Hotel Bell Tent Bed down under Egyptian cotton sheets and a 13 tog duvet in a luxury yurt package including standard Glastonbury ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
6
Glastonbury Festival 2015: Sneak look inside the lushest tents, yurts …
Hotel Bell Tent is kitted out with luxury inflatable mattresses, hand loomed rugs, coir door mats for muddy boots and shoes, a tea light candle ... «Central Somerset Gazette, Jun 15»
7
VIDEO - Glamping facilities unveiled
Partygoers can pre-book tented accommodation at Loch House Farm, with a 'luxury' model avail-able which includes a bell tent, blow up ... «Linlithgow Journal & Gazette, Jun 15»
8
Americana, roots and alt-country acts aplenty as Maverick Festival …
Alabama's own Hannah Aldridge, Lisa Mills and Debbie Bond are also set to appear at the event, which features a camp site, bell tent meadow ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jun 15»
9
The comfort and joy of the great outdoors
It offers bell tent and lodge tents with their own showers. Deluxe options even boast four-poster beds. The Ecopod Boutique Retreat by the Firth ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Join in with celebrations of historic park's 100th birthday
A World War Bell Tent will be set up in the park for the event and this will be manned by Discover History staff dressed in period costume, ... «Worcester News, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bell tent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bell-tent>. Apr 2024 ».
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