bivouac – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
bivouac
v.
camp outdoors in tents, set up a temporary camp, make a temporary encampment under little or no shelter; provide temporary quarters for
n.
temporary camp, encampment
Bivouac
bivouac
Noun
1. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
(synonym) camp, encampment, cantonment
(hypernym) military quarters
(hyponym) boot camp
(derivation) camp, encamp, camp out, tent
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
(synonym) campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, encampment, camping area
(hypernym) site, land site
(derivation) camp, encamp, camp out, tent
Verb
1. live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
(synonym) camp, encamp, camp out, tent
(hypernym) dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
(derivation) campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, encampment, camping area
bivouac
nm.
bivouac, encampment
Bivouac
(v. i.)
To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
(v. i.)
To encamp for the night without tents or covering.
(n.)
The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
(n.)
An encampment for the night without tents or covering.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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