camp
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- pronunciation:
- kaemp
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an outdoor area where tents or rough shelters are set up to live in or sleep in for a time.
- synonyms:
- campground, campsite
- similar words:
- lodging, quarters
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| definition 2: |
the people in such tents or shelters.
Howling wolves kept the whole camp awake last night.- synonyms:
- campers
- similar words:
- lodgers
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| definition 3: |
a place or program that provides activities for children when they are on vacation from school.
I learned how to swim when I was at camp last summer. |
| related words: |
base, post |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
camps, camping, camped |
| definition 1: |
to set up a camp.
Let's stop here and camp by the river.- similar words:
- backpack
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| definition 2: |
to stay for a while in a camp (sometimes followed by "out").
Last summer we camped out in the mountains for three weeks.
- similar words:
- rough it
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| related words: |
bunk, lodge |
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Camp is from
campus, a Latin word that means "field where an army might stay."