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Meaning of 'encampment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Encampment [ n.]
- The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
- The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

Meaning of 'encampment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . encampment [ n]
Meaning (1):
- temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
Example in sentence:
  • wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling

Nearby Words:

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