as in campgrounds
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 tents
to live in a camp or the outdoors
the army bivouacked for the night by the lake
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as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter
survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bivouacs
Noun
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This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds, House Rock Camp Site, 18 Mile Wash Camp Site, 18 Mile Ledges Camp Site, Upper North Canyon Camp Site and Lower North Canyon Camp Site.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025 -
The two-day sweep of campgrounds near Leavenworth, Washington, which involved more than 100 FBI Seattle agents alongside local law enforcement, concluded Tuesday and yielded the first major development in a nationwide hunt that has gripped the public since early summer, Fox 13 Seattle reported.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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On the design front, the Loop has a soft textile band and a slim buckle that houses the Polar Precision Prime sensor.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Belize Zoo is a unique conservation area that houses over 150 animals, all native to Belize.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The modern campground is closed for the remainder of the 2025 season for planned updates to the electrical and septic systems and to convert 44 campsites to full-hookup.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Even if all visitors properly dispose of bodily waste following Leave No Trace standards—in a cathole six to eight inches deep and at least 200 feet from trails, campsites, and bodies of water—in areas with extremely high visitation, excrement will eventually reach a critical mass.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The two competing camps both made hyperbolic claims that their technology would soon deliver computers that equalled or exceeded human intelligence.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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And with a payload capacity of 100 tons, Starship should be able to carry all the equipment for one of Interlune’s mining camps in one or two shipments.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gaza City residents said the military had destroyed homes and tent encampments that had housed Palestinians displaced by nearly two years of war.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The White House added that five missing children had been found and 50 homeless encampments had been removed, with as many as 3,200 federal employees deployed across 22 agencies.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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School districts purchase iPads while textbooks fall apart and roofs leak.—
Mark Dalton,
Oc Register,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Bivouacs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bivouacs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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