work camp

noun

: a camp for workers: such as

a

: prison camp sense 1

b

: a short-term group project in which individuals from one or more religious organizations volunteer their labor

Examples of work camp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Vertical is distributing the Depression-era film, in which Hawke plays a widower who is separated from his daughter when he gets sent to a brutal work camp. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Referenced as harkening back to classics such as William Friedkin’s Sorcerer and John Huston’s Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Weight is set in 1933 Oregon as Samuel Murphy (Hawke) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

He’s sentenced to hard time in a rural work camp, breaking rocks in the hot sun — a chain gang minus the shackles. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

Playing that cat, a work camp warden coercing Hawke’s character into smuggling gold through the wilderness, is none other than Russell Crowe. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for work camp

• decamp
• encamp
• headlamp
• preamp
• revamp
• timestamp
• amp
• champ
• clamp
• cramp
• damp
• gamp