encampment

Noun
  1. A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent (synset 108535449)
    is a type of: land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
    same as: bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite
  2. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (synset 102948281)
    "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: military quarters - living quarters for personnel on a military post
    subtypes:
    • boot camp - camp for training military recruits
    • hutment - an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
    • laager, lager - a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
    same as: bivouac, camp, cantonment
  3. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp (synset 101057089)
    is a type of: habitation, inhabitancy, inhabitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
    same as: bivouacking, camping, tenting

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