encampment

From encamp +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkæmpmənt/

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• Hyphenation: en‧camp‧ment

encampment (plural encampments)

1. A campsite.
   • 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:

     Shortly after leaving the station, the train passes the site of a small halt, built in August, 1889, to serve a large army encampment situated nearby.

2. A group of temporary living quarters or other temporary structures.
   • 2011, Steven T. Jones, The Tribes of Burning Man:

     In Mississippi, Tom turned an encampment of do-gooder burners into an organization he dubbed Burners Without Borders.

• “encampment”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.