Collocations for camp - noun
1. in tents/huts
ADJ.
makeshift, temporary | holiday, summer | base
The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain.
The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain.
transit | gypsy, travellers'' | army, military | training
VERB + CAMP
make, pitch, set up
We pitched camp just outside the woods.
We pitched camp just outside the woods.
break, strike
We broke camp early the next morning.
We broke camp early the next morning.
leave
CAMP + NOUN
fire (also ‘campfire’)
sitting round the campfire
sitting round the campfire
site (also ‘campsite’)
PREP.
at a/the ~
The children are spending a week at a summer camp.
The children are spending a week at a summer camp.
2. prison, etc.
ADJ.
concentration, detention, internment, labour, prison, prisoner-of-war | death, extermination | refugee
the appalling conditions in the refugee camps
the appalling conditions in the refugee camps
PREP.
in a/the ~
She spent five years in a labour camp.
She spent five years in a labour camp.
3. group with shared beliefs
ADJ.
hostile, opposing, rebel, rival | ideological, political | armed
The region split into two armed camps.
The region split into two armed camps.
VERB + CAMP
switch
a politician who switches camp when it suits him
a politician who switches camp when it suits him
divide into, split into
PREP.
in a/the ~
people in both main political camps
people in both main political camps
PHRASES
have a foot in both camps
(= show loyalty to two different groups) He can unite the party because he has a foot in both camps.
(= show loyalty to two different groups) He can unite the party because he has a foot in both camps.