encampment

Meaning

  1. (countable, often, uncountable) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A place where people or things stay temporarily.
  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
  4. (broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A meeting of Freemasons.
  5. (uncountable) The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.

Synonyms

camp
B1
bivouac
44k
campground
34k
camping ground
barracks
C1
cantonment
camping
C1
🏕️
bivouacking
campsite
C2
position
A2
camping site

camping area

tenting
tents
C2
hamlet
C1

temporary residence

military camp

halting place

place of encampment

battle formation

bed
A1
🛏️
berth
20k

camp site

couch
B2
🛋️
garrison
C1

halting-place

lair
C2
layer
C1
location
B1
place
A1
stratum
Translations

campamento
🏕️
campement
accampamento
acampamento
camping
🏕️
attendamento

kampement

Lager
campeggio
🏕️

Feldlager

gisement
càmping

campeccio

camp
Frequency

33k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈkæmpmənt/
Etymology

PIE word *h₁én From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results).

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