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Word entry · 10 letters

encampment

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"Canvas village"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈkæmpm(ə)nt/Part of speech nounSorted aceemmnnptStarts with EEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • As ſoon as he came to the top of thoſe Hills he plainly diſcovered the Creek or Harbour vvhere the Pyrate Ships lay, and vvhere they had form'd their Encampment on the Shore.
  • 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.
  • In Mississippi, Tom turned an encampment of do-gooder burners into an organization he dubbed Burners Without Borders.

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