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# bivouac

noun (a bivouac, bivouacs); verb (bivouac, bivouacs, bivouacked, bivouacking)

«bivouac» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A simple, temporary camp, often without a tent, made by soldiers or mountain climbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#m1)
2. (verb) To camp outside for the night in such a camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#m2)
3. A bivvy (bivvy bag), a small waterproof shelter for one person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#m3)

### In the lessons

In scouting, Duke of Edinburgh and outdoor-education trips, children learn to make a bivouac shelter from branches or a tarp. In history and adventure stories, soldiers bivouac in fields before a battle. Safety: keep warm and dry, never light fires under a tarp.

### Examples

- We built a bivouac out of sticks and leaves in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#x1)
- The climbers bivouacked on a ledge halfway up the mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#x2)
- The soldiers set up a bivouac by the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#x3)
- Our scout group slept in bivouacs for one night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#x4)
- He carries a bivvy bag in case he gets stuck on the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#x5)
- The bivouac kept out most of the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/#x6)

### Note

Spelling trap: past and -ing forms add «k»: bivouacked, bivouacking. Say BIV-oo-ak. Informal short form: bivvy (UK).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bivouac» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bivouac/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bivouac» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bivouac.html) on Mova free.