Associations to the word «Encampment»

Wiktionary

ENCAMPMENT, noun. A campsite.
ENCAMPMENT, noun. A group of temporary living quarters and/or other temporary structures.
ENCAMPMENT, proper noun. (astronomy) a Chinese constellation located near Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle

Dictionary definition

ENCAMPMENT, noun. A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent.
ENCAMPMENT, noun. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling".
ENCAMPMENT, noun. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King