camp

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

2. 2noun

   A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.

3. 3noun

   A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.

4. 4noun

   The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.

5. 5noun

   A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.

6. 6noun

   An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.

7. 7transitive verb

   To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

9. 9noun

   To play the game called camp.

10. 10noun

    temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

    "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

    Synonyms

    bivouaccantonmentencampment
11. 11noun

    temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

    "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"

12. 12noun

    a penal institution (often for forced labor)

    "China has many camps for political prisoners"

13. 13noun

    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"

14. 14noun

    shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

15. 15noun

    something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality

    "the living room was pure camp"

16. 16noun

    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

    Synonyms

    cliquecoterieingrouppack
17. 17noun

    a group of people living together in a camp

    "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"

18. 18verb

    give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

19. 19verb

    establish or set up a camp

20. 20verb

    live in or as if in a tent

    "Can we go camping again this summer?"

    "The circus tented near the town"

    Synonyms

    bivouacencamptent
21. 21adjective

    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"

    Synonyms

    campy