camp (out)

verb

Definition of camp (out)next
as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors rather than stay in motels, my family usually camps out when we're on vacation

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  1. tent
  2. encamp
  3. sleep out
Verb
  • Most canvas wall tents this large require transport by truck or pack mule.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
  • According to Zambrano and Sarah Brekke, M.S., Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen brand manager, the benefits of tenting a turkey with foil include: Moisture retention: Foil helps trap steam, preventing the turkey—especially the breast meat—from drying out.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of tent
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  • Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Since April, amid the now eight-month long Israel-Hamas war, university students in over two dozen schools across the country have taken to protesting and encamping in solidarity with Palestine to get their schools to break direct and indirect ties with Israel.
    Brenda Barrientos, refinery29.com, 14 June 2024
Definition of encamp
Verb
  • In other research on exercise and sleep out of Iowa State University, study participants were grouped into resistance training workouts, aerobic workouts, and combination workouts (both resistance and aerobic exercise).
    Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
  • Still, the protesters slept out in the open after police took their tents, despite temperatures in the low 30s.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Definition of sleep out
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“Camp (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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