encampment

1. 1.

   a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

   Synonymscampsitecampgroundcamping sitecamping groundbivouaccamping area

   Broadersite
2. 2.

   temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

   “wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”

   Synonymscampcantonmentbivouac

   Broadermilitary quarters

   Narrowerboot camphutmentlaager

   military

3. 3.

   the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

   Synonymscampingbivouackingtenting

   Broaderinhabitancy

Other forms of encampment

plural

encampments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about encampment

What does encampment mean?

encampment means "a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in encampment?

encampment has 3 syllables: en-camp-ment. The stress falls on "camp". In IPA it is /ɪnˈkæmpmɪnt/.

What is another word for encampment?

Close synonyms include campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is encampment a common word?

encampment is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.