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ENCAMPMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
Synonyms:
bivouacking; camping; encampment; tenting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("encampment" is a kind of...):
habitation; inhabitancy; inhabitation (the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men))
Derivation:
encamp (live in or as if in a tent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
Example:
wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
Synonyms:
bivouac; camp; cantonment; encampment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("encampment" is a kind of...):
military quarters (living quarters for personnel on a military post)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "encampment"):
boot camp (camp for training military recruits)
hutment (an encampment of huts (chiefly military))
laager; lager (a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
Synonyms:
bivouac; campground; camping area; camping ground; camping site; campsite; encampment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("encampment" is a kind of...):
land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))
