bivouac

Noun

1. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; “wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”
   • Synonyms
     • camp
     • encampment
     • cantonment
   • Less specific
     • military quarters
   • More specific
     • boot camp
     • hutment
     • laager
     • lager
   • Related
     • camp
     • encamp
     • camp out
     • bivouac
     • tent
     • quarter
     • billet
     • canton
     • camp
     • encamp
     • camp out
     • bivouac
     • tent
   • Topic Members
     • military
     • armed forces
     • armed services
     • military machine
     • war machine
2. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
   • Synonyms
     • campsite
     • campground
     • camping site
     • camping ground
     • encampment
     • camping area
   • Less specific
     • site
     • land site
   • Related
     • camp
     • encamp
     • camp out
     • bivouac
     • 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”
   • Synonyms
     • camp
     • encamp
     • camp out
     • tent
   • Less specific
     • populate
     • dwell
     • live
     • inhabit
   • Related
     • camping
     • encampment
     • bivouacking
     • tenting
     • tent
     • collapsible shelter
     • campsite
     • campground
     • camping site
     • camping ground
     • bivouac
     • encampment
     • camping area
     • camp
     • encampment
     • cantonment
     • bivouac
     • camping
     • encampment
     • bivouacking
     • tenting
     • camp
     • camp
     • encampment
     • cantonment
     • bivouac
     • camper
     • camping
     • encampment
     • bivouacking
     • tenting

Context for New Word

While reading Dillard (1997) I came across bivouac as a new word.

Emergency military housing. I would not have guessed this was the meaning from the context.

The following are the words that are in the New Word Project:

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The definition for this word taken from the Terminology app, which is based on the Princeton University’s WordNet lexical database. If you are interested in how I created this resource and how I add new words to it, you can see my blog post Title of Blog Post.