camp

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see also HOLIDAY
- a shelter made of nylon or canvas that you use to sleep in when you are camping: tent
- a large vehicle that can be pulled by a car and can be used for sleeping, cooking, etc while on holiday: caravan (AmE camper)
- to put up a tent and sleep in it: camp (out)
We camped in a field by a stream. ◎ We decided to camp out for the night.
- sleeping or spending a holiday in a tent: camping (noun U)
They went on a camping holiday.
- to spend a holiday living in a tent: go* camping
We're going camping in the South of France this summer.
- a special place where people camp: campsite (AmE campground)
- a person who camps: camper
※—† what you need when you camp
- a small electric light that you carry in your hand: torch
- gas that is kept in special bottles and used for heating and cooking: butane (gas) (BrE also Calor gas)
- a cooker which uses gas: Calor gas stove, camping stove
- a warm bag used for sleeping in: sleeping bag
- a small knife with one or more blades that fold down into the handle: penknife, pocket knife
- a fire which people sit around at night or use for cooking when they are camping: campfire
We all sang songs round the campfire.
※—† tents
- an extra cover over a tent which stops rain from getting inside the tent: flysheet
- a piece of material or part of the tent which lies on the ground and stops water from getting into the tent: groundsheet
- special material which keeps small insects out of the tent but lets air come in: mosquito net
- one of the metal things which hold up a tent: tent pole
- a piece of metal which you hammer into the ground to keep the ropes in place: tent peg
- ropes which are tied from the tent onto a peg in the ground: guy ropes
- to fit together the pieces of a tent so that you can sleep in it: put* up a tent, pitch a tent; opposite: take* down a tent
- to put up a tent and organize the things that you need: set* up camp
- to take down tents and leave the place where you were camping: strike* camp
We got up early and struck camp before dawn.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  campy, summer camp, refugee camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, encampment, cantonment, bivouac, camp down, encamp, camp out, tent