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

The family was forced into a cattle car packed full of mostly Jewish people, forced to go to what was supposed to be a work camp at Auschwitz in Poland, but was an extermination camp. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026

Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026

After the father, Nathan (Paul Winfield), is arrested for stealing ham and shipped off to an unknown work camp, eldest son David Lee (Kevin Hooks) takes a journey with the family dog, Sounder, to try and find him. —Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025

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