camps

Meanings

Noun

• temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
• a group of people living together in a camp
• temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
• 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
• 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
• plural of camp

Verb

• live in or as if in a tent
• establish or set up a camp
• give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
• third-person singular simple present indicative of camp

Synonyms

bivouac, camp, camp down, camp out, cantonment, clique, coterie, encamp, encampment, ingroup, inner circle, pack, refugee camp, summer camp, tent