Encampment - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪnˈkæmpmənt|
Brit.
|ɪnˈkæmpm(ə)nt|
noun
- a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent (syn: bivouac, campground, campsite)
- temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (syn: bivouac, camp, cantonment)
- the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp (syn: camping)
- temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (syn: bivouac, camp, cantonment)
- the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp (syn: camping)
Extra examples
...a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree...
...the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night...
...the soldiers' encampment on the open plain was not tenable, so they retreated to higher ground...
The order goes forth that all the encampment is to pass before Caesar.
Watch-fires were lit round the encampment.
...the dolesome sound of a lone harmonica arising from the darkened encampment...
Word forms
noun
singular: encampment
plural: encampments
singular: encampment
plural: encampments
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