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SUMMER CAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does summer camp mean?
• SUMMER CAMP (noun)
The noun SUMMER CAMP has 1 sense:
1. a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
Familiarity information: SUMMER CAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
camp; summer camp
Context example:
city kids get to see the country at a summer camp
Hypernyms ("summer camp" is a kind of...):
land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "summer camp"):
day camp (a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime)
Context examples
If you have children, you may have to write a large check on their behalf, such as for summer camp or special tutoring lessons.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The summer camp was being dismantled, and the tribe, bag and baggage, was preparing to go off to the fall hunting.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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