Thesaurus: encampment

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1. n. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
2. n. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.
3. n. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
4. n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
5. n. the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
6. 1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. 2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.
7. n:100 n a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent n temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers n the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp