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Encampment Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Encampment has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

2

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

"wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

3

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

4

A campsite.

Proper Noun
1

a Chinese constellation located near Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
site military quarters inhabitancy
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
boot camp hutment laager
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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