leiri — meaning in English
Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead
English meaning
- bivouac noun A temporary outdoor camp made with little or no shelter, especially for a night or two.
- camp noun A place with tents, cabins, or temporary shelters where people stay, especially outdoors.
- campground noun A designated outdoor area set up for pitching tents or parking camper vehicles.
- encampment noun A place where people are staying temporarily in tents or similar shelters, such as a camp for soldiers, refugees, or travelers.
Senses
leiri is used for these senses in English:
- campground An area where tents are pitched.
- campground An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
- encampment (often, military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.
- encampment (by extension, archaeology) An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
bivouac — full definition
- noun A temporary outdoor camp made with little or no shelter, especially for a night or two.
- verb To camp outdoors for the night without proper tents or shelter.
camp — full definition
- noun A place with tents, cabins, or temporary shelters where people stay, especially outdoors.
- noun A group activity or programme, often for children, focused on a particular skill or theme.
- noun A deliberately exaggerated, theatrical, or self-mocking style, especially in fashion or performance.
- adjective Exaggerated, theatrical, or flamboyantly over-the-top, often knowingly so.
- verb To stay temporarily in a tent or outdoor shelter.