POW camp
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4.3
- noun
- /pi oʊ dʌbəl ju kæmp/
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campo de prisioneros de guerra
- In Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, the Department of National Defence maintained a 150-man POW camp at Whitewater Lake.
- Japanese POW camp
- German POW camp
- North Vietnamese POW camp
But he told us that there was an American POW camp that was in that Target box.
- But he told us that there was an American POW camp that was in that Target box.
Examples
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I have seen a great commonality among American soldiers who were survivors of the Japanese POW camps.
Blog text (4) -
In December, Kanaya arrives at a POW camp near Warsaw, Poland.
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But he told us that there was an American POW camp that was in that Target box.
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You cannot begin to compare what went on in a foreign POW camp 30 years ago...
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Several years ago, I discovered that German POW camps were located in the U.S. during World War II.
Blog text (15) -
Just read some of the accounts from POW camps run by the Japanese, Russians, and Nazis.
Blog text (30) -
His plane was shot down over occupied France, and he spent two years in a German POW camp, but my uncle was never afraid to fly.
Blog text (29) -
East of Winnipeg, there were six POW camps on Lake of the Woods.
Fiction book (1996) -
Finally, Seefeld was captured and lodged with thousands of other Germans in a POW camp.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many soldiers were detained at the POW camp during the war, facing harsh conditions.
Synonyms
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5.3
A camp where guards keep people against their will, often during war
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7.6
A place where people are held under guard during war or for political reasons
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8.3
A guarded camp where prisoners are kept in harsh conditions
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3.2
A place that holds soldiers captured by the enemy during a war
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a camp where prisoners of war are detained' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'POW' (person taken prisoner in war) + 'camp' (site where people stay). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows regular English formation and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
POW camp comes from the short form POW for 'prisoner of war' and the word camp, meaning a place where people stay. Picture captured soldiers behind fences and guards; that image explains why it means 'a camp where prisoners of war are held' today.