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POW CAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does POW camp mean?
• POW CAMP (noun)
The noun POW CAMP has 1 sense:
1. a camp for prisoners of war
Familiarity information: POW CAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A camp for prisoners of war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
internment camp; POW camp; prison camp; prisoner of war camp
Hypernyms ("POW camp" is a kind of...):
camp (a penal institution (often for forced labor))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "POW camp"):
gulag (a Russian prison camp for political prisoners)
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