cantonment

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bivouac camp encampment garrison base post station housing quarter colony residence roof accommodation pad dwelling
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Antonyms

fork school office partition eject evict
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Hypernyms

military quarters

Hyponyms

lager boot camp laager hutment

Examples

wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling Source: Internet

He said that there are about 78,500 security personnel currently registered at the various cantonment sites, barracks and training centres. Source: Internet

Boko Haram also claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion at the Mammy market inside a Mogadishu military cantonment popularly called Abacha Barracks in Abuja on New Year’s Eve in 2010, killing nearly 10 people. Source: Internet

Bilal Ahmed, the Birmingham-born suicide bomber who drove his explosive-laden car into the Badamibagh army cantonment in Kashmir in December 2000 killing six Indian soldiers, belonged to the group that followed Omar Sheikh. Source: Internet

As the first sounds of gunfire were heard from the approach out of the cantonment, his elder daughter Hasina remembered, Mujib sent out a message through wireless proclaiming Bangladesh’s independence. Source: Internet

Kiir directed the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Kuol Manyang Juuk to take charge for the implementation of the cantonment order. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cantonist cantonization cantonize cantoon Cantopop cantor