Definition of ENCAMPMENT

encampment

Meanings

Plural: encampments

Noun

  • a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
  • temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
  • the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
  • 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.
  • A place where people or things stay temporarily.
  • An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
  • A meeting of Freemasons.
  • The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*h₁én
From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results).

Synonyms

bivouac, bivouacking, camp, campground, camping, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, cantonment, tenting

Scrabble Score: 18

encampment is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
encampment is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
encampment is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

encampment is a valid Words With Friends word