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      camp
      noun
      An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
      An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
      A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
      A place of politically motivated confinement in outdoorsy conditions, usually also leading to slave labor and death.
      A single hut or shelter.
      The company or body of persons encamped.
      A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
      (prison slang) Any prison or prison camp.
      (British India) Anywhere that a colonist stayed when away from their permanent residence; such places collectively.
      An online game, in some cases roleplay, in which people compete against each other, usually in a structure similar to that of a competition show.
      An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tasteless style.
      (slang, Falkland Islands) The areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley.
      An electoral constituency of the legislative assembly of the Falkland Islands that comprises all territory more than 3.5 miles from the spire of the Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley.
      (slang, Anglo-Argentines) The pampas, which are the vast grassy areas situated in the rural areas beyond Argentine cities such as Buenos Aires.
      A placename
      A village on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.
      An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio, United States.
      A surname.
      A diminutive of the male given name Campbell.
      (uncommon) Clipping of campus [The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.]
      (agriculture, catachresis) Misconstruction of clamp (“mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored”). [A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.]
      (medicine) Initialism of cyclic AMP.
      Ellipsis of Camp County [One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Pittsburg.]
      (aviation) Abbreviation of continuous airworthiness maintenance program
      Acronym of Central Atlantic magmatic province.
      (obsolete) An army.
      (obsolete) Conflict; battle.
      verb
      To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
      To set up a camp.
      (transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.
      (intransitive, sports, video games) To stay in an advantageous location.
      (transitive, video games) To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage.
      To behave in a camp manner.
      (transitive, video games) Ellipsis of corpse camp. [(online gaming) To wait by a player's corpse to target them when they respawn, or when, after respawning elsewhere, they return to reclaim their equipment back from their corpse.]
      (intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To wrangle; argue.
      adjective
      Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
      (of a man) Ostentatiously flamboyant or effeminate.
      Intentionally tasteless or vulgar; self-parodying.
      Roots
      campuscamp- · Latin · field
      Synonyms for camp
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      Words related to camp
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