cantonment
pronunciation
How to pronounce cantonment in British English:
UK [kænˈtɒnmənt]
How to pronounce cantonment in American English:
US [kænˈtɑnmənt]
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- Noun:
- temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
Word Origin
- cantonment (n.)
- 1756, "military quarters," from French cantonnement, from cantonner "to divide into cantons" (14c.), from canton (see canton). Meaning "action of quartering troops" is from 1757.
Example
- 1. We have kept our fighters in the cantonment for the last five months .
- 2. Iaaf athletic summer cantonment opens in zhuhai .
- 3. Those paratroopers are sitting in the cantonment film theater to see a movie .
- 4. And now , the very worst : we learn that bin laden had been living for at least six years in abbottabad , a city that is virtually a military cantonment .
- 5. The one in singapore is now located in cantonment road but its original home still bears its name and retains historical significance .