cantonments

Definition of cantonmentsnext
plural of cantonment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantonments
Noun
  • Although originally built as a military post housing garrisons sent to quell the Jacobite uprisings, the beautiful town today has a happier purpose.
    Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But the attacks continue, extending fuel shortages to large swathes of central and southern Mali and isolating garrisons of government forces.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Clark was scheduled to start his annual tour of spring training camps on Tuesday.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Many of the children have grown up in camps after ISIS lost territorial control, and some are now approaching fighting age, raising fears about future radicalization and recruitment.
    Efrat Lachter , Trey Yingst, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Royal African Company had acquired forts, ships, and the necessary infrastructure to traffic more than a hundred thousand people from one continent to another.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Beyond its white-, black- or golden-sand beaches and historic forts, the island has the opportunity to carve out a new role as a model for responsible travel, one where visitors don’t just take from the island but give back to it.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the end, the fortifications that mattered most were those that strengthened Rome against the invaders that could not be seen.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Some are outfitted with dozens of pounds of explosives to self-destruct near fortifications or bridges.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Ditch the gallery guide and let the city's alleys be your curator for some street art, from Central's technicolor to Tsuen Wan's factory facades turned art installations and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center's open-air exhibitions.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Our current trajectory is to scale these metal recovery facilities in different geographies of the US, particularly areas of concentrated solar installations.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • While Proba-2 had an unobstructed view from space, on Earth the full annular phase was only visible from remote locations in Antarctica, limiting the spectacle to just a small number of researchers stationed at remote scientific outposts … and a lot of penguins.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • These are Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, which has outposts in Abidjan, Dakar, and Paris; Madrid’s Galería Guillermo de Osma; Paris’s Galerie Kaléidoscope; Milan’s ML Fine Art; and Tokyo’s Kotaro Nukaga.
    News Desk, Artforum, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • France believed its Maginot Line of fortresses was impregnable – until the Germans simply went around it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, history buffs will love exploring the island’s capital via colorful Spanish-colonial architecture and imposing, ancient fortresses like La Fortaleza and El Morro.
    Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Cantonments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantonments. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!