cantonment
IPA: kˈæntʌnmʌnt
noun
- Temporary military living quarters.
- A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.
- (India) A permanent military station.
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Examples of "cantonment" in Sentences
- The cantonment centres in the fort of Dhulipgarh.
- The limit of the cantonment were extended in 1822.
- The place was once the cantonment of the English army.
- Cantonment is the greenest area of the Aurangabad city.
- The military cantonment lies on the outskirts of the city.
- The place of the present cantonment was formerly known as Lalmandi.
- The college is regulated by the cantonment board and the Bangladesh Army.