encampment

«encampment» in Mova's school dictionary: A place where a group of people, like soldiers, refugees… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an encampment, encampments)

meaning for a pupil

1) A place where a group of people, like soldiers, refugees or travellers, set up tents or shelters for a time. tree →

2) A camp, especially a large or temporary one. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, Roman and army encampments; in news, refugee encampments after war or disaster; in stories, an encampment by a fire; phrases: «a military encampment», «refugee encampment».

examples

• The Roman soldiers built an encampment by the river. tree →
• The refugees lived in a large encampment for months. tree →
• The scouts set up an encampment in the woods. tree →
• Smoke rose from the encampment at night. tree →
• Archaeologists found the remains of an ancient encampment. tree →
• Protesters made an encampment outside the building. tree →
• He marched back singing to the encampment, and men saw once more the merry Chief they had almost forgotten. tree →

note

Countable. Formal word for camp. Verb: encamp (to set up camp).

In the corpora

• And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
• Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «encampment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.