camp | English to English Dictionary

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camp

(k/&/mp )

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers(noun.artifact)

Example:
Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling.

Synonym:
bivouac, cantonment, encampment

source: wordnet30
a group of people living together in a camp(noun.group)

Example:
The whole camp laughed at his mistake.

source: wordnet30
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers(noun.artifact)

Example:
Level ground is best for parking and camp areas.

source: wordnet30
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose(noun.group)

Synonym:
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack

source: wordnet30
a penal institution (often for forced labor)(noun.artifact)

Example:
China has many camps for political prisoners.

source: wordnet30
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality(noun.cognition)

Example:
The living room was pure camp.

source: wordnet30
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
refugee camp

source: wordnet30
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months(noun.artifact)

Example:
City kids get to see the country at a summer camp.

Synonym:
summer camp

source: wordnet30
The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913

live in or as if in a tent(verb.stative)

Example:
Can we go camping again this summer?.
The houseguests had to camp in the living room.

Synonym:
bivouac, camp out, encamp, tent

source: wordnet30
establish or set up a camp(verb.contact)

Synonym:
camp down

source: wordnet30
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.(verb)

source: webster1913
To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; - - often with out.(verb)

source: webster1913