cantonment
Meaning of cantonment
noun
a military garrison or camp.
mid 18th century: from French cantonnement, from cantonner ‘to quarter’ (see canton).
Information about cantonment
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cantonment is: cantonments.
- Languages in which cantonment is used:
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Hyphenation of cantonment
can-ton-ment
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- cantonment is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
cantonment synonyms
Meaning camp:
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