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

    • camp :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

    • 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 1940's

    • camp :a group of people living together in a camp
      • the whole camp laughed at his mistake

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

    • camp :a penal institution (often for forced labor)
      • China has many camps for political prisoners

    • camp :something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
      • the living room was pure camp

    • 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

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