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    camp
    /kamp/

    noun

    • 1. a place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people. Similar bivouacencampmentcantonmentbarracks
    • 2. the supporters of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively: "the change is aimed at accommodating last year's political agreement between the island territory's pro- and anti-independence camps" Similar factionwingsidegroup

    verb

    • 1. live for a time in a tent, especially while on holiday: "there are holiday parks in which you can camp or stay in a chalet"
    • 2. (of livestock) assemble together for rest. Australian, New Zealand

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  2. CAMP definition: 1. a place where people stay in tents or other temporary structures: 2. an area where people are…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of CAMP is a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers). How to use camp in a sentence.

  4. Camp definition: a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.. See examples of CAMP used in a sentence.

  5. A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay. ...a refugee camp. 2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov. 2. variable noun B2.

  6. [countable] (used in compounds) a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods. They criticized the appalling conditions in the refugee camps. a detention/an internment camp. They were repeatedly beaten by camp guards.

  7. When you camp, you set up a temporary place to sleep outdoors, often in a tent. Many people like to camp in a beautiful spot, like the mountains or beside a lake. Use the word camp to describe what you do when you sleep under the stars, and also the site itself — after a day of hiking, you could say, "Let's head back to camp."

  8. 1. a place where tents, cabins, or other temporary structures are erected for the use of military troops, for training soldiers, etc. 2. (Military) the military life. 3. tents, cabins, etc, used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, etc. 4. the group of people living in such lodgings.