temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling

[ Syn: encampment , cantonment , bivouac ]

a group of people living together in a camp; the whole camp laughed at his mistake'

temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; level ground is best for parking and camp areas'

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

[ Syn: clique , coterie , ingroup , inner circle , pack ]

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; the living room was pure camp'

shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

[ Syn: refugee camp ]

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

[ Syn: summer camp ]

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 1940s

[ Syn: campy ]

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

[ Syn: encamp , camp out , bivouac , tent ]

establish or set up a camp

[ Syn: camp down ]

give an artificially banal or sexual quality to