encampment
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- noun
- /ɪnˈkæmpmənt/
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campamento
- We found a small encampment nestled in the woods, complete with tents and a campfire.
- tents in an encampment
- military encampment
- villages and scattered encampments
They weren't attacking the encampments because they were anti-Semitic.
- They weren't attacking the encampments because they were anti-Semitic.
- Some level of encampments and setting up tents might be OK.
- But what you can't do is set up these encampments on the yard.
- You know I'm this close to calling the police on the homeless encampment by my house.
- The same month, I'd say that Occupy in Boston, Occupy began to set up its encampment on Dewey Square.
- And they got intelligence that on this mountaintop is a Taliban encampment and their job was to deal with them.
- They are housed in encampments that are built in settlements that exist in Darien already.
- Not just crime, but homeless encampments, trash on the streets, people jumping turnstiles in in subways, crazy people on the streets.
- They recognize it as a terrorist encampment, formed a skirmish line on the trees on the uphill side and just started pouring rifle fire down into the camp.
- I can't, you know, the other day I spoke at MIT, their encampment, really impressive.
Examples
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The scouts set up their encampment near the lake for the weekend trip.
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During their journey, the explorers established an encampment to rest and prepare for the next leg.
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This is our encampment, General.
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You will see him leave the encampment yourself.
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Ride through an army encampment.
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We're pulling back to the encampment.
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At the encampment, 6:00 a.m. sharp.
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In a Union encampment just North of Chattanooga.
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There are mining encampments south of us on the river.
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We seemed to have stumbled on the encampment of some defeated army.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people stay in tents or simple buildings for a short time
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A place where people put up tents or park small camper vans and use basic facilities like toilets and showers
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A place where people put tents or park camper vans to stay for a holiday
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Temporary camp outdoors used for a short time by hikers or soldiers
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A place where people put up tents or park caravans to stay with basic facilities
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A piece of land where people put up tents to sleep while on a trip
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A place where people put up tents or park camper vans on holiday
A group of small temporary houses where soldiers or workers live
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word encampment comes from en- 'in', camp 'a place to stay or live in tents', and -ment 'a thing', so it literally means a place 'in camp'. An encampment is therefore a place where people set up camp and live for a short time.