Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outcamp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-camp
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A camp which is outlying from or secondary to a main camp.

noun

A concentration camp.

verb

To be more campy than.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Winter was not far away that late autumn day when I made my first trip of the season by walking across country to my small outcamp on Caribou Lake."
"On 17 April 1945, he participated in prisoner transport as guard from outcamp Augsburg to outcamp Muehldorf."
"He was being outcamped by a couple of absurd superhero parodies which arrived just twelve months after his television debut."

Etymology

From out- + camp.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

outcamps (plural) outcamps (present, singular) outcamping (participle, present) outcamped (participle, past) outcamped (past)

Questions

What does outcamp mean?: A camp which is outlying from or secondary to a main camp.
Where does outcamp come from?: From out- + camp.

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