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camp1
- pronunciation:
- kaemp
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an outdoor place where tents or temporary shelters are set up.
We set up our tent in a camp by the lake.- synonyms:
- campground, campsite, encampment
- similar words:
- bivouac, cantonment, lodging, quarters
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| definition 2: |
one or a group of cabins, tents, or other rough shelters.
The refugee camp consists of hundreds of tents and wooden huts.- synonyms:
- shelter
- similar words:
- barracks, cabin, cottage, lodge, tent
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| definition 3: |
a place or program that provides activities, and often overnight accommodations in a rustic setting, for children when they are on vacation from school.
Our son did a lot of outdoor sports and made some good friends while he was at camp last summer. |
| definition 4: |
the people in such cabins, tents, or shelters.
Howling wolves kept the whole camp awake last night.- synonyms:
- campers
- similar words:
- cottagers, lodgers
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| definition 5: |
a group of persons united by a common idea or belief.
He's gone over to the Democratic camp.- synonyms:
- party, sect
- similar words:
- circle, clan, clique, coterie, faction, group, in-group, set
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| related words: |
base, domicile, jungle, post |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
camped, camping, camps |
| definition 1: |
to establish a temporary shelter or camp.
- synonyms:
- encamp
- similar words:
- backpack, bivouac
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| definition 2: |
to live in a camp (usu. fol. by out).
- similar words:
- rough it, tent
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| definition 3: |
to establish oneself securely in a place.
We camped on her doorstep until she decided to appear.- synonyms:
- lodge
- similar words:
- anchor, moor, settle, stay
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| related words: |
bunk, lodge |
Camp is from campus, a Latin word that means "field where an army might stay."
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