Definition of camp
1 a
:a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
- migrant labor camp
b
:a group of tents, cabins, or huts
- fishing camps along the river
c
:a settlement newly sprung up in a lumbering or mining region
d
:a place usually in the country for recreation or instruction often during the summer
- goes to camp every July
- computer camp
- a resort offering boating and hiking camps
e
:a preseason training session for athletes
- the star pitcher injured in camp this spring
2 a
:a body of persons encamped
b (1)
:a group of persons;
especially
:a group engaged in promoting or defending a theory, doctrine, position, or person
(2)
:an ideological position
3
:military service or life
