camp
/ˈkeə̯mp/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable
Camp means: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
Synonyms for camp19
noun, as in an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
noun, as in temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
noun, as in shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
noun, as in a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
verb, as in live in or as if in a tent
verb, as in establish or set up a camp
adjective, as in providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
What does camp mean?12
noun
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers“wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months“city kids get to see the country at a summer camp”
a group of people living together in a camp“the whole camp laughed at his mistake”
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers“level ground is best for parking and camp areas”
a penal institution (often for forced labor)“China has many camps for political prisoners”
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality“the living room was pure camp”
verb
live in or as if in a tent“Can we go camping again this summer?”
establish or set up a camp
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
adjective
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities“they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with camp?10
Camp in a sentence
- So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.carlosalberto
- At the summer camp, she was the counselor for my group.AlanF_US
- Leaving the main camp, they went far off.eeyinn
- At the camp, it was difficult to see anything.CM
- Ziri ate, packed up and left the camp.Amastan
- This is the last night of camp, so treasure your time.Amastan
- Fyodor hung around the camp, enjoying his time in the wilderness.Amastan
- Yuri went to a camp for boys, only for boys.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of camp
as a noun
- plural
- camps
as a verb
- past tense
- camped
- present participle
- camping
- third-person singular
- camps
- past participle
- camped