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Definitions

camp

[kamp] / kæmp /
NOUN
site for outdoor living
Synonyms
STRONGEST
encampment tent
STRONG
bivouac campfire campground caravansary chalet cottage hut lean-to lodge shack shanty shed tepee tilt wigwam
WEAK
camping ground log cabin summer home tent city
ADJECTIVE
consciously affecting the unfashionable, weird, or bizarre
Synonyms
STRONG
affected arch avant-garde in mod pop posturing wild
WEAK
Daliesque artificial far-out mannered ostentatious
Antonyms
STRONG
approved boring common customary normal ordinary standard

Example Sentences

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Morale in the camp has cratered, officials and people housed in the camp said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Pochettino ran the March training camp like an audition rather than settling on a starting 11 and trying to win games.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Scrum-half Natasha Hunt appears regularly on Scarratt's podcast, 'The Good, the Scaz and the Rugby', and the pair were room-mates in camp.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

“Hag” sits smack-dab at the center of a four-way intersection between camp, arthouse, schlock and retro TV movie of the week.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Returning to camp we could barely lift our swollen and aching legs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom