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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Cantonment, FL
    Zip code(s): 32533

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Cantonment \Can"ton*ment\, n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the
           houses of the people during any suspension of
           hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to
           be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or
           military towns, are termed cantonments.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Cantonment \Can"ton*ment\, n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.]
     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.
  
     Note: When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the
           houses of the people during any suspension of
           hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to
           be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or
           military towns, are termed cantonments.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  cantonment
       n : temporary living quarters specially built by the army for
           soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were
           grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, bivouac]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cantonment
     n.
     1 temporary military living quarters.
     2 A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body
  of troops for quarters.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cantonment
     n.
     1 temporary military living quarters.
     2 A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body
  of troops for quarters.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cantonment
     n.
     1 temporary military living quarters.
     2 A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body
  of troops for quarters.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cantonment
     n.
     1 temporary military living quarters.
     2 A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body
  of troops for quarters.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cantonment /kˈantɒnmənt/ 
  kantonování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cantonment /kˈantɒnmənt/ (Cantt /kˈant/)
  Quartier , Ortsunterkunft  [mil.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cantonment /kˈantɒnmənt/
  militärisches Ausbildungslager  [mil.]

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  cantonment /kˈantɒnmənt/
  1. szálláskörlet
  2. ideiglenes beszállásolás
  3. beszállásolás

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  cantonment /kˈantɒnmənt/
  1. askerlerin sevkedildiği büyük kamp
  2. askeri bölge veya karargâh
  3. kışla.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 宿营地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 宿营地

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