encampment

encampment

noun

Definition of ENCAMPMENT

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins <a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree>

Synonyms bivouac, campground, campsite, encampment, hutment

Related Words canvas (also canvass), tentage; colony, plantation, settlement; Hooverville, jungle, shantytown; concentration camp, prison camp; barracks, cantonment, installation, laager [South African], leaguer, post