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| 1. | [ noun ] (military,housing) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | |
| Synonyms: | bivouac cantonment encampment | |
| Examples: | "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" |
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| Related terms: | military_quarters hutment laager boot_camp military | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a group of people living together in a camp | |
| Examples: | "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" |
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| Related terms: | gathering hobo_camp | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (housing) live in or as if in a tent | |
| Synonyms: | encamp camp_out tent bivouac | |
| Examples: | "Can we go camping again this summer?" "The circus tented near the town" "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" |
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| Related terms: | dwell camping camper | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (housing) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers | |
| Examples: | "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" |
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| Related terms: | housing trailer_camp tennis_camp | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (law) a prison for forced laborers | |
| Examples: | "China has many work camps for political prisoners" |
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| Related terms: | prison work_camp prison_camp | |
| 6. | [ noun ] an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | |
| Synonyms: | clique ingroup inner_circle pack coterie | |
| Related terms: | set cabal hard_core faction mafia bloomsbury_group galere kitchen_cabinet loop | |
| 7. | [ noun ] something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality | |
| Examples: | "the livingroom was pure camp" |
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| Related terms: | triteness | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities | |
| Synonyms: | campy | |
| Examples: | "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect" "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's" |
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| Related terms: | tasteless | |
| 9. | [ verb ] give an artificially banal or sexual quality to | |
| Related terms: | change | |
| 10. | [ verb ] establish or set up a camp | |
| Synonyms: | camp_down | |
| Related terms: | pitch | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1067 | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (housing) shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs | |
| Synonyms: | refugee_camp | |
| Related terms: | shelter | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (geography) a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months | |
| Synonyms: | summer_camp | |
| Examples: | "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp" |
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| Related terms: | site day_camp | |
| Similar spelling: |
campy Campo Campa Campeau Canup canopy Canipe canape champ |
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