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cantonment

noun

Definition of cantonment

as in fort

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Recent Examples of cantonment The captain had done a brief stint in OK town cantonment after getting his commission three and a half years ago and knew that the vehicle registration plates were the only exciting thing about the city. — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026 The school bus was transporting students from various areas to a military-run school in a high-security cantonment, according to officials. — Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 May 2025 In the military cantonment, a formidable army stood at the ready, awaiting its lords’ commands. — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022 A day earlier, Iraqi troops began turning up in quantity at the huge British cantonment at Basra Airport. — Simon Akam, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2021 Areas like cantonment, Clement town and Raipur are not shown as Dehradun population even though the city bears their population pressure. — Hridayesh Joshi, Quartz India, 4 Feb. 2020 Tibet, like Xinjiang province to its north, is a cantonment of the People’s Republic. — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 24 Aug. 2019 But his no-nonsense, hands-on training regimen transformed the Continental Army into a skilled fighting force that humbled the British when the Americans emerged from their winter cantonment with the decisive triumph at Monmouth. — Peter Cozzens, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018

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Noun

Black public figures mingle with slave forts and the most vaunted creations of high art.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
In Stone Town, palaces, forts, and winding streets speak to centuries of trade across the Indian Ocean.

— Cherri Briggs, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of fort

Noun

The island has hosted a Ground Self-Defense Force garrison since 2016, while Tokyo has plans to add additional air-defense capabilities in the coming years.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The garrison’s enormous flag was waving on its flagpole, some 90 feet high—a clear signal that the American fort had survived the Battle of Baltimore.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 11, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of garrison

Noun

Another strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported.

— Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 15 July 2026
The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of barracks

Noun

Triad is one of the biggest names in chattel mortgages — or a home loan used on a movable abode, where the owner doesn't necessarily own the land underneath.

— Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Just like their first Beverly Hills abode, the home was complete with resort-like grounds.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of abode

Noun

The caller said a man was inside the residence and had fired a gun.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
It was commissioned to produce stationery for Queen Victoria’s residences in the 1890s, and is known for making the world’s first portable diary in 1908.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of residence

Noun

The installation is expected to take about eight weeks to complete, and school officials said the panels are expected to last around 25 years.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
In 2001, portions of the installation were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District, encompassing 122 buildings, two landscapes, a sculpture and a water tower.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of installation

Noun

The cooking stove often doubled as the dwelling’s heat source.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
By 2024, RealPage controlled roughly 80 percent of the real estate revenue management market for multifamily dwellings and held the keys to datasets from approximately sixteen million rental units nationwide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

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