Definition of cantonment Cantonment
can•ton•ment
We found 6 definitions of cantonment from 4 different sources.
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What does cantonment mean?
WordNet
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| cantonment - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" | ||
| camp, encampment, bivouac | ||
| military quarters living quarters for personnel on a military post | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| boot camp camp for training military recruits | ||
| hutment an encampment of huts (chiefly military) | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cantonment (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- cantonment, noun, singular of cantonments.
