›a place where people stay in tents or other temporary structures: [U]We set up camp for the night near a stream.›A camp is also a place in the countryside organized for people, esp. children, to visit or live for a while to enjoy nature: [C/U]We sent our son away to (a) summer camp.›A camp is also a place where people, esp. military people, are trained, where military prisoners are kept, or where people have to live temporarily.