campground

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US/ˈkæmpˌɡɹaʊnd/

noun

An area where tents are pitched.

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

nouncampground (plural campgrounds)

plural campgrounds

  1. An area where tents are pitched.

    At 4.7 miles, on the left, is the campground and park headquarters for Samuel P. Taylor State Park

    1994, Richard Katz, Skating Unrinked: An Insider's Guide to Skating Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  2. An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.

    Camp Hamilton is the Methodist campground, a few miles from Salem, where the Methodists were holding services.

    1869, The Monthly Religious Magazine

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

Broader
siteland site

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian къ́мпинг
  • къ́мпинг (kắmping)area for tents
Catalan campament, càmping
  • campamentarea for tents
  • càmpingarea for tents
Chinese Mandarin 露營場所 /露营场所, 野營地 /野营地
  • 露營場所 /露营场所 (lùyíng chǎngsuǒ)area for tents
  • 野營地 /野营地 (yěyíngdì)area for tents
  • 營地 /营地 (yíngdì)area for tents
  • 露營集會處 /露营集会处 (lùyíng jíhuìchù)area where a camp meeting is held
Dutch camping
  • campingarea for tents
Finnish leirintäalue, leiri
  • leirintäaluearea for tents
  • leiriarea for tents
  • leiripaikkaarea for tents
  • leiriarea where a camp meeting is held
  • leirikeskusarea where a camp meeting is held
French terrain de camping
  • terrain de campingarea for tents
German Campingplatz, Zeltplatz
  • Campingplatzarea for tents
  • Zeltplatzarea for tents
Hungarian kemping, táborhely
  • kempingarea for tents
  • táborhelyarea for tents
Irish láthair champála
  • láthair champálaarea for tents
Japanese キャンプ場
  • キャンプ場 (kyampu-jō)area for tents
Korean 캠프장
  • 캠프장 (kaempeujang)area for tents
Polish pole namiotowe, obozowisko
  • pole namiotowearea for tents
  • obozowiskoarea for tents
  • kempingarea for tents
  • pole kempingowearea where a camp meeting is held
Portuguese camping, camping
  • campingarea for tents
  • campingarea where a camp meeting is held
  • acampamentoarea where a camp meeting is held
Romanian camping
  • campingarea for tents
Russian площа́дка для ке́мпинга, площа́дка для ла́геря
  • площа́дка для ке́мпинга (ploščádka dlja kémpinga)area for tents
  • площа́дка для ла́геря (ploščádka dlja lágerja)area for tents
Swedish campingplats
  • campingplatsarea for tents
Cite this entry
APA

campground. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campground

MLA

“campground.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campground. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “campground,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campground.

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