Betekenis van tent pole In het Nederlands

• 0 a long pole that supports a tent and keeps it upright (= standing up):

  • We stock both lightweight and traditional wooden tent poles.

• 1 a tent-pole film, event, business activity, etc. is one that is expected to make a lot of money, and also to help persuade people to spend money on products connected with it:

  • This is the time of the year that studios release their tent-pole film.

  • Production costs for tent-pole pictures now regularly exceed $100 million.

• 2 a film, event, business activity, etc. that is expected to make a lot of money, and also to help persuade people to spend money on products connected with it:

  • The studio found itself in need of a summer tent-pole.

  • Armageddon was a successful tentpole in 1998.