Definition of "camp" []

• A place where tents, huts, or other temporary shelters are set up, as by soldiers, nomads, or travelers. (noun)
• A cabin or shelter or group of such buildings: gathered branches and grasses for a makeshift camp; had a fishing camp in Vermont. (noun)
• The people using such shelters: a howl that awakened the whole camp. (noun)
• A place in the country that offers simple group accommodations and organized recreation or instruction, as for vacationing children: a girls' summer camp; a tennis camp. (noun)
• Sports A place where athletes engage in intensive training, especially preseason training. (noun)

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• "I've been in all sorts of camps -- military camps, hunting camps and camp meetings, but never dreamed of such a thing as a _balloon camp_ before!"
• "THE "Red Jacket" is another camp; but this, you see, has straight walls, marking it as _a white man's camp_ in form not apparently borrowed from the red men."
• "The McCain camp is confident an FEC investigation would find no wrongdoing."