emplacement C2 Topic:War & Conflict US /ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/ UK /ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/ See IPA manual Freq #79829 Meanings 1 noun military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon This matrix soon hardened into a rock-like mass into which the doors, machine-gun emplacements, and other openings were carefully cut. Thesaurus Word family Forms emplacements Common collocations gun emplacement Noun + noun Etymology From French emplacement, from en- + placement. Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # emplacement **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/ **Frequency rank:** 79829 ## Meanings 1. military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon ## Examples - This matrix soon hardened into a rock-like mass into which the doors, machine-gun emplacements, and other openings were carefully cut. ## Etymology From French emplacement, from en- + placement. ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown