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Noun | 1. | ![]() boot camp - camp for training military recruits hutment - an encampment of huts (chiefly military) military quarters - living quarters for personnel on a military post armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
2. | camp - a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place | |
3. | camp - temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" tennis camp - a camp where tennis is taught trailer camp, trailer park - a camp where space for house trailers can be rented; utilities are generally provided | |
4. | ![]() band, circle, lot, set - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" Bloomsbury Group - an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles bohemia - a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style brain trust, kitchen cabinet - an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government loop - an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop" cabal, camarilla, faction, junto - a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue junta, military junta - a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power galere, rogue's gallery - a coterie of undesirable people hard core - the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement | |
5. | camp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners" concentration camp, stockade - a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions) labor camp, labour camp - a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor penal facility, penal institution - an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public prison farm, work camp, prison camp - a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects | |
6. | camp - something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp" | |
7. | ![]() shelter - temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons | |
8. | ![]() day camp - a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime | |
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2. | camp - establish or set up a camp | |
3. | camp - give an artificially banal or sexual quality to | |
Adj. | 1. | 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" tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste |