English dictionary

camp

/k/&/mp/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

noun.artifact

Examples
Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling.

Synonyms bivouac cantonment encampment

Source: WordNet 3.0
a group of people living together in a camp

noun.group

Examples
The whole camp laughed at his mistake.

Source: WordNet 3.0
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

noun.artifact

Examples
Level ground is best for parking and camp areas.

Source: WordNet 3.0
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

noun.group

Synonyms clique coterie ingroup inner circle pack

Source: WordNet 3.0
a penal institution (often for forced labor)

noun.artifact

Examples
China has many camps for political prisoners.

Source: WordNet 3.0
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality

noun.cognition

Examples
The living room was pure camp.

Source: WordNet 3.0
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

noun.artifact

Synonyms refugee camp

Source: WordNet 3.0
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months

noun.artifact

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

Synonyms summer camp

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

Examples
Can we go camping again this summer?

The houseguests had to camp in the living room.

Synonyms bivouac camp out encamp tent

Source: WordNet 3.0
establish or set up a camp

verb.contact

Synonyms camp down

Source: WordNet 3.0
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

verb.change

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>out</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913