MEANING
A place or area providing quarters for troops, sometimes forming a permanent military district.
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Words that belong together
- a military cantonment
- cantonment buildings
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The cantonment extended beyond the parade ground into permanent houses.
Cantonment buildings stayed occupied after the exercise area emptied.
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- Base
- cantonment
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular cantonment; plural cantonments. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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