as in campsite
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream
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as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors
the army bivouacked for the night by the lake
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement
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Recent Examples of bivouac
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
In the 1970s, Franco helped make backpacks, bivouac sacks and climbing slings, products climbers used to stay warm in the snow or keep from falling from thousand-foot heights.
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Tony Biasotti,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
As fuel prices continue to climb toward record territory, Costco parking lots are looking more like Mad Max bivouacs than suburban warehouses.
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Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
But after 24 hours on the mountain with little water, the men gave up, carved out a small platform and collapsed in the snow — an open bivouac in high wind at 11,200 feet.
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Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
The firm previously worked on the masterplan for the Cervinia ski resort, but this bivouac is definitely a step in a new direction.
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Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
Over 200 dot the country’s Alpine landscape, from no-frills bivouac shelters to sleek, sci-fi-looking lodges.
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Lucy Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
The bivouac is just a temporary perch where hundreds of bees will swarm to and cluster as scout bees look for a new permanent dwelling.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
It was followed by a two-day marathon stage with volcanic terrain that led into a field of splendid canyons, and a special bivouac without service vehicles.
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Sue Mead,
Popular Science,
13 Feb. 2025
Literary Hub,
3 Feb. 2026
Pendleton had originally favored a permanent base near where he was bivouacked at North Island, but he was soon swayed by the persuasive congressman to see the advantages of the vacant Dutch Flats property.
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Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Dec. 2025
The home encompasses 6,000 square feet in total with numerous options where friends and family can bivouac comfortably.
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Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
25 Aug. 2025
By the way, that's the building where thousands of the troops who will be marching in the parade will bivouac, sleeping on cots and bringing their own sleeping bags.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
On the sidewalks lay many of the homeless, an anonymous army bivouacked beneath blankets or balled up fetally, uncovered.
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Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
Maoist rebels bivouacked in valleys beyond Kathmandu, promising to topple the monarch and his parliamentary cronies, and install an egalitarian people’s republic.
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Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
11 Sep. 2023
Thousands of those fighters are now bivouacked in Belarus.
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John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
23 July 2023
Some cyclists thrive on riding 1,000 miles in cutoff denim shorts, drinking from streams, bivouacking under the stars, and tempting fate with every decision.
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Stephanie Pearson,
WIRED,
31 May 2021
Noun
Like modern-day companies that merge and re-emerge or fold, some of these schools went under quickly, or moved their bivouacs, or combined forces.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
In the 1970s, Franco helped make backpacks, bivouac sacks and climbing slings, products climbers used to stay warm in the snow or keep from falling from thousand-foot heights.
—
Tony Biasotti,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
As fuel prices continue to climb toward record territory, Costco parking lots are looking more like Mad Max bivouacs than suburban warehouses.
—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
But after 24 hours on the mountain with little water, the men gave up, carved out a small platform and collapsed in the snow — an open bivouac in high wind at 11,200 feet.
—
Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
The firm previously worked on the masterplan for the Cervinia ski resort, but this bivouac is definitely a step in a new direction.
—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
Over 200 dot the country’s Alpine landscape, from no-frills bivouac shelters to sleek, sci-fi-looking lodges.
—
Lucy Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
The bivouac is just a temporary perch where hundreds of bees will swarm to and cluster as scout bees look for a new permanent dwelling.
—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
It was followed by a two-day marathon stage with volcanic terrain that led into a field of splendid canyons, and a special bivouac without service vehicles.
—
Sue Mead,
Popular Science,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
That night Tomás bivouacked in the woman’s yard while the old ones mated inside the enclosure.
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Literary Hub,
3 Feb. 2026
Pendleton had originally favored a permanent base near where he was bivouacked at North Island, but he was soon swayed by the persuasive congressman to see the advantages of the vacant Dutch Flats property.
—
Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Dec. 2025
The home encompasses 6,000 square feet in total with numerous options where friends and family can bivouac comfortably.
—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
25 Aug. 2025
By the way, that's the building where thousands of the troops who will be marching in the parade will bivouac, sleeping on cots and bringing their own sleeping bags.
—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
On the sidewalks lay many of the homeless, an anonymous army bivouacked beneath blankets or balled up fetally, uncovered.
—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
Maoist rebels bivouacked in valleys beyond Kathmandu, promising to topple the monarch and his parliamentary cronies, and install an egalitarian people’s republic.
—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
11 Sep. 2023
Thousands of those fighters are now bivouacked in Belarus.
—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
23 July 2023
Some cyclists thrive on riding 1,000 miles in cutoff denim shorts, drinking from streams, bivouacking under the stars, and tempting fate with every decision.
—
Stephanie Pearson,
WIRED,
31 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bivouac
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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Bake in preheated oven until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbling around edges, about 25 to 30 minutes, tenting with foil if needed.
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Transfer the steaks to a serving platter and tent with foil.
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The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to a hospital, months after a California oversight body ruled the facility was not a safe place for youths to be housed.
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The Loews Kansas City houses 1587 Prime, the steakhouse co-owned by football celebs Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
Noun
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In Utah, federal land managers have closed public lands near the Cottonwood Fire as a precaution, and in New Mexico, forest officials closed campgrounds and trails near a wildfire burning in the Jemez Mountains.
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That’s one of the focal points of Centeroo, the hub for main stages, food and vendors; Outeroo is the area where campgrounds and secondary stages can be found.
Verb
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It’s believed that everyone else died while encamped for the winter or while attempting to walk back to civilization.
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Part of Tennyson lived, was encamped, at the outer reaches of the psyche.
Verb
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Like many of the people camped outside their families’ homes in Venezuela, Mendoza refuses to believe they are gone until the last moment possible.
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But the location of his grave was lost once British troops retook the city in late 1778 and occupied it through the war’s end, camping in the cemetery.
Noun
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Kil was fired in 2024 after participating in demonstrations related to the war in Gaza, including protests over a guest lecture and a campus encampment.
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Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments.
Verb
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Restaurants and bars in the neighborhood are reporting drastic drops in business after thousands of Angelenos sheltered in place under a constant plume of smoke.
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Duque urged residents to shelter and aid at public plazas due to the possibility of aftershocks.
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“Bivouac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bivouac. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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