HyperDic: encampment

English > 3 senses of the word *encampment*:
NOUN	location	encampment, campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, camping area	a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
	artifact	encampment, camp, cantonment, bivouac	temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
	act	encampment, camping, bivouacking, tenting	the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp / camp / camp

encampment > pronunciation
Sounds	ihnkae'mpmihnt
Rhymes	ament ... varmint: 39 rhymes with ihnt...

English > *encampment*: 3 senses > noun 1, location
Meaning	A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent.
Synonyms	campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, camping area
Broader	site, land site	The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
Spanish	campamento, camping, cámping, campismo, vivaque
Catalan	bivac, campament, càmping

English > *encampment*: 3 senses > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers.
Synonyms	camp, cantonment, bivouac
Category	military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine	The military forces of a nation
Narrower	boot camp	camp for training military recruits
	hutment	(chiefly military) an encampment of huts
	laager, lager	A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
Broader	military quarters	living quarters for personnel on a military post
Spanish	acantonamiento, campamento, campo, cantón, vivac, vivaque
Catalan	acantonament

English > *encampment*: 3 senses > noun 3, act
Meaning	The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp / camp / camp.
Synonyms	camping, bivouacking, tenting
Broader	inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation	The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
Spanish	acampada, campamento, camping, cámping, vivac
Catalan	acampada, càmping
Verbs	encamp	live in or as if in a tent

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