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  1. 1. n. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 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 Source: ecdict

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