summer camp

American  

noun

1. a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.

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Example Sentences

Concerns about flash floods have mounted in the U.S. in particular following the Central Texas disaster in July, in which more than a hundred people were killed, including children at a summer camp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The BBC also spoke to a woman who said she knew Ruben through fundraising for the Stathern Children Holiday Fund, which helped children who would not otherwise get a holiday to attend the summer camp.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

It was especially handy when I was working at a summer camp and had limited access to electronics.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

For the songs “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” they reached back to the nonsense-words they’d used at summer camp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

She wore a vintage summer camp T-shirt and a pair of khaki hiking shorts and boots from the 1970s.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner