Bivouac is a noun that refers to a temporary camp or shelter.
Our word of the day is a loan word from French, meaning ‘on guard at night.’ It may be used as a noun or a verb that means to find temporary shelter from the night. Here’s an example of bivouac used as a noun:
Our bivouac wasn’t the most comfortable place in the world, but it gave us the temporary shelter we needed.

Bivouac is a noun that refers to a temporary camp or shelter. Our word of the day is a loan word from French, meaning ‘on guard at night.’ It may be used as a noun or a verb that means to find temporary shelter from the night. Here’s an example of bivouac used as a noun: Our bivouac wasn’t the most comfortable place in the world, but it gave us the temporary shelter we needed.

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