encampment
encampment /ɪnˈkæmpmɪnt/
noun
-
()
A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
(
bivouac
, campground
, camping area
, camping ground
, camping site
, campsite
, encampment
)
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
We set up our tent at the campsite and started exploring the surrounding area
We set up our tent at the campsite and started exploring the surrounding area
-
The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
(
bivouacking
, encampment
, tenting
, camping
)
the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
I love camping because I can disconnect from technology and enjoy nature
I love camping because I can disconnect from technology and enjoy nature
-
(military) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
(
cantonment
, encampment
, bivouac
, camp
)
(military) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
twilight
twilight /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/
adjective
-
Lighted by or as if by twilight
(
twilight
, twilit
, dusky
)
lighted by or as if by twilight
The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
The twilight glow of the sky
the twilight glow of the sky
A boat on a twilit river
a boat on a twilit river
noun
-
()
The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
(
twilight
)
the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
-
()
The time of day immediately following sunset
(
crepuscle
, crepuscule
, evenfall
, dusk
, fall
, gloam
[Archaic] , gloaming
, nightfall
, twilight
)
the time of day immediately following sunset
He loved the twilight
he loved the twilight
They finished before the fall of night
they finished before the fall of night
-
A condition of decline following successes
(
twilight
)
a condition of decline following successes
In the twilight of the empire
in the twilight of the empire