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Encampment

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

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Habitation 76% connected

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inhabitancy 76% connected

The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inhabitation 76% connected

The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Site 76% connected

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lager 76% connected

Lager beer.

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Encamp 74% connected

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remai…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Encamp 74% connected

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remai…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Bivouac 92% connected

The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bivouacking 92% connected

of Bivouac

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Camp 92% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Camping 92% connected

of Camp

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cantonment 92% connected

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tenting 92% connected

of Tent

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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