CAMP

• (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

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

  synonyms : bivouac , cantonment , encampment

  -added by mohit26041988

• (noun) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

  "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"

• (noun) a penal institution (often for forced labor)

  "China has many camps for political prisoners"

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : summer camp

• (noun) shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

  synonyms : refugee camp

  They were forced to live in a camp. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality

  "the living room was pure camp"

• (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

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

  The camp that team up against the leader made him quit the position. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (noun) a group of people living together in a camp

  "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"

• (verb) give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

  He had a habit of camping her words. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) establish or set up a camp

  synonyms : camp down

  They camped in the yard. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) live in or as if in a tent

  "Can we go camping again this summer?", "The circus tented near the town", "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

  synonyms : bivouac , camp out , encamp , tent

• (adj.) 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

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