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▸ noun: (often military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.
▸ noun: (figurative) A place where people or things stay temporarily.
▸ noun: (by extension, archaeology) An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
▸ noun: (by extension, Freemasonry, obsolete) A meeting of Freemasons.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.
▸ noun: (astronomy) a Chinese constellation located near Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
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bivouac,
campground,
campsite,
camping,
camping site,
camping ground,
tenting,
cantonment,
camping area,
campout,
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