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camp

noun

1 camp

Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers:
— Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling.

synonyms: bivouac, cantonment, encampment.

Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, ... show more

Roget 728: arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards etc. (playhouse) 599; amphitheater; ... show more

Dutch: legerkamp, kamp, bivak
Polish: obóz

2 camp

A group of people living together in a camp.

Polish: obóz

3 camp

Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers.

Dutch: kamp

4 camp

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.

synonyms: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack.

Dutch: kliek, clan
Polish: kamaryla, kasta, klan, klika, koteria, krewni i znajomi królika, mafia, sitwa, siuchta, towarzystwo wzajemnej adoracji

5 camp

A penal institution (often for forced labor).

Polish: obóz

6 camp

Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality.

Polish: kamp, camp

7 camp

Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs.

synonym: refugee camp.

Dutch: vluchtelingenkamp

8 camp

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.

synonym: summer camp.

Polish: obóz

verb

1 camp

Live in or as if in a tent:
— Can we go camping again this summer?.
— The houseguests had to camp in the living room.

synonyms: bivouac, camp out, encamp, tent.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; ... show more

Dutch: kamperen

2 camp

Establish or set up a camp.

synonym: camp down.

3 camp

Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to.

adjective

1 camp

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.
— Campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's.

synonym: campy.


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