tentpole
English
noun
Definitions
- One of the poles used to hold up a tent.
- (US) A large-scale entertainment production that is a major source of revenue for its studio, television network, or investors.
Etymology
Compound from English tent + English pole (head).
Origin
English
pole
Gloss
head
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Polie English
- alepole English
- antipole English
- beanpole English
- bipole English
- cartpole English
- clodpole English
- cooktent English
- counterpole English
- dipole English
- dog tent English
- double pole English
- epipole English
- fencepole English
- firepole English
- fishpole English
- flagpole English
- footpole English
- fuckpole English
- headpole English
- hexadecapole English
- hexapole English
- interpole English
- lodgepole English
- meatpole English
- multipole English
- octopole English
- paleopole English
- pitchpole English
- polary English
- pole English
- pole dancing English
- pole-smoker English
- poleboat English
- polehead English
- poleless English
- polelike English
- poleman English
- polepiece English
- poler English
- polescreen English
- polesitter English
- polespear English
- polester English
- poletimber English
- poleward English
- polewards English
- polocyte English
- pup tent English
- quadripole English
- ridgepole English
- roundpole English
- tail-pole English
- tailpole English
- tent English
- tent-maker English
- tentage English
- tentful English
- tentiform English
- tentless English
- tentlike English
- tentmaker English
- tentmaking English
- tentmate English
- tentwallah English
- tentwise English
- tentwort English
- tripole English
- untent English
- aquapole Italian
- tenda Italian
- tente French
- тент Russian
- pole Spanish, Castilian
- pole Middle English
- tente Middle English
- เต็นท์ Thai
- 텐트 Korean
- intente Xhosa
- ຜ້າເຕັ້ນ Lao
- tēneti Maori
- tanti Hausa
- pole
- tent
- Polie
- poler
- bipole
- polary
- dipole
- untent
- poleman
- epipole
- tentful
- tentage
- tripole
- alepole
- polocyte
- hexapole
- antipole
- poleboat
- polehead
- tentwort
- fuckpole
- cooktent
- beanpole
- fishpole
- polester
- flagpole
- cartpole
- firepole
- tentless
- tentlike
- octopole
- meatpole
- clodpole
- tentwise
- poleless
- poleward
- pup tent
- footpole
- dog tent
- headpole
- tentmate
- tailpole
- polelike
- ridgepole
- pitchpole
- paleopole
- interpole
- tail-pole
- lodgepole
- tentmaker
- polewards
- polepiece
- polespear
- fencepole
- roundpole
- tentiform
- multipole
- tent-maker
- tentmaking
- poletimber
- tentwallah
- polesitter
- polescreen
- quadripole
- pole-smoker
- counterpole
- double pole
- hexadecapole
- pole dancing