The camp was in the middle of a beautiful forest.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
camping
noun (no plural)
sleeping or spending a holiday in a tent:
Camping is no fun when it rains.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
camping
camp·ing /ˈkæmpɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
the holiday activity of living in a tent:camping gear/equipment:
• The shop sells camping equipment such as sleeping bags and backpacks.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
camping
camp·ing [camping] [ˈkæmpɪŋ] [ˈkæmpɪŋ] noun uncountable
living in a tent, etc. on holiday/vacation
• Do you go camping?
• a camping trip
• camping equipment
Example Bank:
• We go camping every weekend.
camp
camp [camp camps camped camping camper campest] noun, verb, adjective [kæmp] [kæmp]
noun
IN TENTS
1. countable, uncountable a place where people live temporarily in tents or temporary buildings
• Let's return to camp.
• to pitch/make camp (= put up tents)
• to break camp (= to take down tents)
see also holiday camp
HOLIDAY/VACATION
2. countable, uncountable a place where young people go on holiday/vacation and take part in various activities or a particular activity
• a tennis camp
• He spent two weeks at camp this summer.
• summer camp
see also fat camp
PRISON, ETC.
3. countable (used in compounds) a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods
• a refugee camp
• a camp guard
see also concentration camp, prison camp, transit camp
ARMY
4. countable, uncountable a place where soldiers live while they are training or fighting
• an army camp
GROUP OF PEOPLE
5. countable a group of people who have the same ideas about sth and oppose people with other ideas
• the socialist camp
• We were in opposing camps.
• People are split into two camps on this issue.
6. countable one of the sides in a competition and the people connected with it
• There was an air of confidence in the England camp.
see have/keep a foot in both camps at foot n.
Word Origin:
n. and v. early 16th cent. French camp champ Italian campo Latin campus ‘level ground’
adj. early 20th cent.
Example Bank:
• Militants raided an army camp.
• She spent five years in a labour camp.
• The children are spending a week at a summer camp.
• The kids were at basketball camp most of the summer.
• The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain.
• The region split into two armed camps.
• There are opportunities for children to attend summer camps.
• They established a base camp by the river.
• We broke camp early the next morning.
• We pitched camp just outside the woods.
• a politician who switches camp when it suits him
• concentration camp survivors
• people in both main political camps
• the appalling conditions in the refugee camps
• Concentration camps were first used during the Boer War.
• He spent the rest of the war in a prison camp.
• Nearly a year after the disaster, many people are still living in refugee camps.
• The scientists split into two camps over the validity of animal studies.
• They were repeatedly beaten by camp guards.
Derived: camp it up ▪ camp out
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
camping / ˈkæm.pɪŋ / noun [ U ]
A2 the activity of staying in a tent on holiday :
We used to go camping in Spain when I was a child.
camping equipment
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
camp
/kæmp/
(camps, camping, camped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
...a refugee camp...
2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov.
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday.
N-VAR
3.
A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling.
...gypsy camps...
We’ll make camp on that hill ahead.
N-VAR
4.
If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air.
We camped near the beach.
VERB: V
•
Camp out means the same as camp.
For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house.
PHRASAL VERB: V P
• camp‧ing
They went camping in the wilds.
...a camping trip.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp.
The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
6.
If you describe someone’s behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. (INFORMAL)
James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
ADJ
•
Camp is also a noun.
The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
N-UNCOUNT
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
camping
camping noun [noncount] : the activity of sleeping outdoors in a tent usually for enjoyment
• Camping is one of our favorite things to do.
• She likes to go camping on weekends.
- camping adj
• camping equipment/gear
• a camping trip