Meaning of ENCAMPMENT
| Pronunciation: | | en'kampmunt
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- [n] the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
- [n] temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
- [n] a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
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| | Synonyms: | | bivouac, bivouac, bivouacking, camp, campground, camping, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, cantonment, tenting |
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| | See Also: | | boot camp, habitation, hutment, inhabitancy, inhabitation, laager, lager, land site, military quarters, site | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*camp"ment\, n.
1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army
or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp;
tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.
A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient
for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans.
--Gibbon.
A green encampment yonder meets the eye. --Guardian.
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| | Related Terms: | | barrack, barracks, bivouac, bivouacking, camp, campground, camping, campsite, cantonment, casern, concentration camp, detention camp, hobo jungle, Konzentrationslager, Lager, lines, tented field, tenting |
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