encampment
Soldiers' temporary quarters
An encampment is a place where a group of people have set up tents or temporary shelters, whether for military purposes, protest, or because they lack permanent housing.
Military encampments are temporary bases established during operations or training.
The term increasingly describes gatherings of unhoused people in urban areas or protest camps like those on college campuses.
The encampment grew to over a hundred tents within a week.
Soldiers' residential building
- garrisonStationed military force
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- outpostRemote military station
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
army · troops · soldiers · battalion · regiment · patrol · reconnaissance · perimeter
Portable fabric shelter
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- shelterProtected place or structure
- marqueeTheater entrance canopy
- pavilionOpen recreational structure
awning · flysheet · ridgepole · guyline · stakes · groundsheet · portable · lean-to
Shifted from proper location
- asylumShelter from persecution
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- aidSupport given freely
- shelterProtected place or structure
crisis · persecution · migration · stateless · resettlement · UNHCR · relief · border
Fence of pointed stakes
- stockadeFence of sharpened stakes
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
battlement · watchtower · perimeter · barricade · earthworks · trench · bulwark · parapet
One's regular paid work
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- activistsPeople working for causes
- rallyGathering for a cause
blockade · resistance · solidarity · makeshift · shantytown · squatters · eviction · homeless
Traveling group with goods
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
- tepeeConical skin tent
- gerPortable nomadic tent
- BedouinMiddle Eastern nomadic herder
pastoral · migratory · seasonal · mobile · tribal · indigenous · transient · wandering
Spanning evening to morning
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- hikingRecreational trail walking
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
wilderness · survival · makeshift · scout · ranger · mountaineering · bushcraft
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
bivouac · army · troops · soldiers · battalion · regiment · patrol · reconnaissance · perimeter · sentry
tent
Portable fabric shelter
pavilion · awning · flysheet · ridgepole · guyline · stakes · groundsheet · portable · lean-to · tarp
displaced
Shifted from proper location
- asylumShelter from persecution
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- aidSupport given freely
shelter · crisis · persecution · migration · stateless · resettlement · UNHCR · relief · border · survivors
palisade
Fence of pointed stakes
- stockadeFence of sharpened stakes
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
siege · battlement · watchtower · perimeter · barricade · earthworks · trench · bulwark · parapet · entrenchment
occupation
One's regular paid work
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- activistsPeople working for causes
rally · blockade · resistance · solidarity · makeshift · shantytown · squatters · eviction · homeless · advocacy
caravan
Traveling group with goods
Bedouin · pastoral · migratory · seasonal · mobile · tribal · indigenous · transient · wandering · herders
overnight
Spanning evening to morning
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- hikingRecreational trail walking
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
trekking · wilderness · survival · makeshift · scout · ranger · mountaineering · bushcraft
firepit
Contained outdoor burning area
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- campstovePortable outdoor cooking apparatus
pitch · reservation · amenities · facilities · hookups
- campstent, tents, shelters, campsite, bivouac
- military basesoldiers, barracks, HQ, troops, hangar
- nomadsnomad, nomadism, Bedouin, wanderer, roaming
- places to livehome, house, apartment, residence, dwelling
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- village lifevillage, hamlet, thatched roofs, chalet, folk tales
encampmentcity
Large populated area
town · municipality · planned community · metropolis · village
- military encampmentSoldiers' lodging site
- winter encampmentCold-season military quarters
- army encampmentsSoldiers' field lodgings