encamp

verb

in-ˈkamp How to pronounce encamp (audio)
Definition of encampnext
1
as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail

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2
as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym

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Recent Examples of encamp It’s believed that everyone else died while encamped for the winter or while attempting to walk back to civilization. — ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026 Mahan said that homeless residents who had encamped around the surrounding areas would receive priority access to the tiny home community. — Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025 Teams conducted initial outreach to offer people encamping in the marsh area access to shelter, housing, treatment, and supportive services. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025 Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for encamp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encamp
  1. tent
  2. house
  3. camp
  4. accommodate
  5. lodge
  6. shelter
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  • Bake in preheated oven until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbling around edges, about 25 to 30 minutes, tenting with foil if needed.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
  • Transfer the steaks to a serving platter and tent with foil.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of tent
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  • The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to a hospital, months after a California oversight body ruled the facility was not a safe place for youths to be housed.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The Loews Kansas City houses 1587 Prime, the steakhouse co-owned by football celebs Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Definition of house
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  • Like many of the people camped outside their families’ homes in Venezuela, Mendoza refuses to believe they are gone until the last moment possible.
    — Isa Soares, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • But the location of his grave was lost once British troops retook the city in late 1778 and occupied it through the war’s end, camping in the cemetery.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
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  • The ship can accommodate 5,610 guests at double occupancy, according to a cruise line fact sheet.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Not every backyard can accommodate the 60-foot by 30-foot footprint these courts require, and his residential courts tend to be in communities where larger properties are the norm — like Hillsborough, Atherton, Woodside and Saratoga.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
Definition of accommodate
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  • On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine.
    — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
    — Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of lodge
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  • Kyiv residents sheltering at a metro station during Russian air attacks, early on Thursday morning local time.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026
  • Apartment residents were temporarily sheltered at Hunt Middle School.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of shelter

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