campground
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈkæmpˌɡraʊnd/
- US
:
camping
- During our holiday, we spent the nights at a lovely campground by the lake.
- campground for tents
- campground and trailer park
- large campground
And that you guys left the campground without him, but that you came back.
- And that you guys left the campground without him, but that you came back.
- I could get used to these free campgrounds in these small Midwest towns.
- Those big round fire rings that they that you see in parks and campgrounds.
- Some people go camp at these campgrounds for a year.
- And one summer he took me and my siblings to this campgrounds that we used to go to.
- They bought this small pond lake and in a campground and they ended up creating a a swim park and a campground from this, from this land.
- I mean, we, we drove back down into the valley into to a campground, which said it was totally full Furnace Creek campground.
Examples
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We gotta get to the campground before dark.
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We found a spot, we found a camping spot here in Shelter Cove at their RV and campground and we are officially sleeping along the Lost Coast tonight.
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I lived in the van at a public campground for nine weeks or so.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's out at a campground called Table in the Wilderness.
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I'm going to the campground.
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There is a large family campground for tents and recreational vehicles at the second lake.
Academic text (1998) -
The girl told him the campground was new and that they'd just finished painting the bathrooms.
Fiction book (2002) -
We made our way through the dark campground, the crickets throbbing the only sound.
Fiction book (1992) -
I could get used to these free campgrounds in these small Midwest towns.
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We reserved a spot at the campground for our family trip next weekend.
Synonyms
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1.4
A place where people put up tents or park small camper vans and use basic facilities like toilets and showers
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1.3
A place where people put up tents or park caravans to stay with basic facilities
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1.3
A piece of land where people put up tents to sleep while on a trip
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2.5
A place where people put up tents or park camper vans on holiday
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Campground is made of camp, from an old word for a 'field' or 'open place', and ground, meaning 'land', as in campus. So a campground is literally 'land for camping', which is why we use it to pitch tents or park vehicles on holiday.