Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wigwam
IPA transcription: [w'ɪɡwɑm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wigwam
    Meaning: a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides
Usage examples
  • "This is he!" murmured the hunter to himself as he ran to his wigwam.
  • Dripping with his recent plunge he sat with chattering teeth within his unfired wigwam.
  • "Grandfather, I am Manstin," answered the rabbit, all the while looking with curious eyes about the wigwam.
  • Exhausted and inwardly disgusted with his mishaps, he crawled more cautiously on all fours to his wigwam door.
  • The old grandfather crept into his wigwam, which is often mistaken for a mere oak tree by little Indian girls and boys.
  • Till the winter snow covered the ground and ice covered the lakes, the wailing woman's voice was heard from that solitary wigwam.
  • Life in a wigwam was not a life of ease, and fortunately the children were accustomed to simple habits and the hardships that all endured in those early times.
  • When she lay awake at night thinking of home, a cricket would chirp outside the wigwam, and a hand slip in a leaf full of berries, or a bark-cup of fresh water for the feverish little mouth.