encampment

== English == === Etymology === From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) +‎ -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkæmpm(ə)nt/, /ɛn-/, /ɪŋ-/, /ɛŋ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkæmpmənt/, /ɛn-/, /ɪŋ-/, /ɛŋ-/ Hyphenation: en‧camp‧ment === Noun === encampment (countable and uncountable, plural encampments) (countable) (often military) 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. Hyponyms: (in the Caucasus, Central Asia, or Southern Urals) aul, base camp, (military, historical) bastille, bivouac, firebase, hutment, (Afghan) kirri, (South Africa) laager, tent embassy, (military) tabor (figurative) A place where people or things stay temporarily. (by extension, archaeology) An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort. (by extension, Freemasonry, obsolete) A meeting of Freemasons. (uncountable) The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === camp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia