Definition of campgroundnext
as in campsite
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins at last the weary vacationers pulled into a campground for the night

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Recent Examples of campground The other location is a bit farther away on the campground itself. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026 Some campgrounds below Bat Cave in Rutherford County near Lake Lure may be evacuated as a precaution. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026 The older, wise man at the campground had predicted correctly. — Betsy Blondin, Longreads, 22 Sep. 2026 Some cases over the last month include a bear that entered an arcade in Fraser Valley, a bear that went romping through an Aspen restaurant, and attacks at a Rio Grande National Forest Park campground and inside a condo in Durango. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for campground
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Noun
  • Historic restaurants, coffee shops, bed-and-breakfasts, vacation homes, and campsites make the village an easy weekend getaway.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The campsite was shot at Lake Wakatipu, which borders both Queenstown and Glenorchy.
    — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp north of the Gaza Strip killed one and injured several others, Gaza's Health Ministry said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • And Thunberg, who in January 2025 visited the Sahrawi camps with Lamin accompanying and translating for her, spoke plainly about what must change and called out the media for its silence.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Campground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campground. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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