encampment (n.)

  1. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

    [ Syn: campsite , campground , camping site , camping ground , bivouac , camping area ]

  2. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling

    [ Syn: camp , cantonment , bivouac ]

  3. the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

    [ Syn: camping , bivouacking , tenting ]

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