Collocations for camp - noun
1. in tents/huts
ADJECTIVE
makeshift,
temporary
day (AmE), holiday (BrE), sleepaway (AmE), summer
basketball, football, music, etc. (all esp. AmE)
The kids were at basketball camp most of the summer.
day (AmE), holiday (BrE), sleepaway (AmE), summer
basketball, football, music, etc. (all esp. AmE)
The kids were at basketball camp most of the summer.
scout
base
The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain.
base
The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain.
Gypsy,
travellers'
(BrE)
army, boot, military
training
rebel, terrorist
fishing, hunting (both esp. AmE)
mining
army, boot, military
training
rebel, terrorist
fishing, hunting (both esp. AmE)
mining
VERB + camp
establish,
make,
pitch,
set up
They established a base camp by the river.
We pitched camp just outside the woods.
They established a base camp by the river.
We pitched camp just outside the woods.
be located
break, strike
We broke camp early the next morning.
break, strike
We broke camp early the next morning.
leave
attend, go to
There are opportunities for children to attend summer camps.
attend, go to
There are opportunities for children to attend summer camps.
attack,
destroy,
raid
Militants raided an army camp.
Militants raided an army camp.
camp + NOUN
fire
(usually campfire)
We sat around the campfire.
We sat around the campfire.
site
(usually campsite)
2. prison, etc.
ADJECTIVE
concentration,
detention,
internment,
labour/labor,
POW,
prison,
prisoner-of-war,
re-education
death, extermination
transit
refugee
the appalling conditions in the refugee camps
death, extermination
transit
refugee
the appalling conditions in the refugee camps