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nounan exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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verbestablish or set up a camp
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"city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"nouna site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
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nounshelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
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"wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"nountemporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
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"Can we go camping again this summer?" "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"verblive in or as if in a tent
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"they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect" "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"adjectiveproviding sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
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"the whole camp laughed at his mistake"nouna group of people living together in a camptype of:
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"China has many camps for political prisoners"nouna penal institution (often for forced labor)type of:
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verbgive an artificially banal or sexual quality to
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"the living room was pure camp"nounsomething that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
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"level ground is best for parking and camp areas"nountemporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationerstype of:
Examples of camp
- "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
- "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
- "Can we go camping again this summer?"
- "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
- "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"
- "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
- "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
- "China has many camps for political prisoners"
- "the living room was pure camp"
- "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"