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Meaning of encampment

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  encampment
      n 1: a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn:
           {campsite}, {campground}, {camping site}, {camping ground},
           {bivouac}, {encampment}, {camping area}]
      2: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for
         soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were
         grumbling" [syn: {camp}, {encampment}, {cantonment},
         {bivouac}]
      3: the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp [syn:
         {camping}, {encampment}, {bivouacking}, {tenting}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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