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Definition of emplacement noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

emplacement

noun
 
/ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/
 
/ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/
(specialist)
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  1. a position that has been specially prepared so that a large gun can be fired from it
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmplacement is used after these nouns:
    • gun
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from em- ‘in’ + place ‘a place’.
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