prison camp

prison camp — prison camps 1) N COUNT A prison camp is a guarded camp where prisoners of war or political prisoners are kept. He was shot down over Denmark and spent three years in a prison camp. 2) N COUNT A prison camp is a prison where the prisoners are not …   English dictionary

Prison camp — may be:* Concentration or internment camp * Federal prison camp, low security facility among those on list of U.S. federal prisons * Labor camp * Death or extermination camp * Prisoner of war camp …   Wikipedia

prison camp — n: a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usu. employed on government projects Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

prison camp — n. 1. a camp with minimum security for holding reliable prisoners who are put to work, often outdoors 2. a camp for confining prisoners of war …   English World dictionary

prison camp — n a special prison in which prisoners of war are kept …   Dictionary of contemporary English

prison camp — ► NOUN ▪ a camp where prisoners of war or political prisoners are kept …   English terms dictionary

prison camp — prison ,camp noun count a place where prisoners are kept during a war …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

prison camp — noun 1. a camp for prisoners of war (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑internment camp, ↑prisoner of war camp, ↑POW camp • Hypernyms: ↑camp • Hyponyms: ↑gulag …   Useful english dictionary

prison camp — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms prison camp : singular prison camp plural prison camps a place where prisoners are kept during a war …   English dictionary

prison camp — pris′on camp n. 1) cvb a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners 2) cvb a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usu. for the government • Etymology: 1905–10 …   From formal English to slang

prison camp — noun Date: 1864 1. a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects 2. a camp for prisoners of war or political prisoners …   New Collegiate Dictionary