English dictionary
camp
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
noun
- temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
noun
- temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
noun
- a penal institution (often for forced labor)
noun
- a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
noun
- shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
noun
- something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
noun
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
noun
- a group of people living together in a camp
verb
- give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
verb
- establish or set up a camp
verb
- live in or as if in a tent
Example sentences
they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect
campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
level ground is best for parking and camp areas
China has many camps for political prisoners
city kids get to see the country at a summer camp
the living room was pure camp
the whole camp laughed at his mistake
Can we go camping again this summer?
The circus tented near the town
The houseguests had to camp in the living room