tentpole
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tentpole
- /ˈtɛntˌpoʊl/ US
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From tent + pole.
noun tentpoles · tent pole
- One of the poles used to hold up a tent.
- A large-scale entertainment production that is a major source of revenue for its studio, television network, or investors. His [James Rolfe's] reasoning dances around the simple fact that has set this innocuous-seeming movie apart from its fellow blockbusters this summer—that it’s a tentpole genre film starring women.
verb tentpoles · tentpoling · tentpoled · tent pole
- To schedule a popular programme between two newer or less popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch them.
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noun pole used to hold up a tent
| Français | mât de tente |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Zeltstange |
| Русский | сто́йка для пала́тки stójka dlja palátki, сто́йка для те́нта stójka dlja ténta |
| العربية | بِوَان biwān, عَمُود البَيْت ʕamūd al-bayt |
Talk about this word "tentpole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tentpole. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. tentpole. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tentpole "tentpole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tentpole.
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@misc{tentpole_2026,
title = {tentpole},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tentpole},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
