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camp
(k/&/mp )

noun (n)

  • 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

adjective satellite (s)

  • providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities(adj.all)
    Example:
    They played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect.
    Campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's.
    Synonym:
    campy
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • 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
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