• 1 a place with temporary accommodation used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people.

  ■ a complex of buildings for holiday accommodation.

• 2 (also summer camp) N. Amer. a summer holiday programme for children, offering a range of activities.

• 3 the supporters of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively.

• 4 Brit. Archaeology a prehistoric enclosed or fortified site, especially an Iron Age hill fort.

• 5 S. African a fenced field or enclosed area for grazing.

  ■ Austral./NZ a place where livestock regularly congregate.

• 1 live or stay temporarily, especially in a tent or caravan while on holiday.

• 2 Austral./NZ (of livestock) assemble together.

• 3 S. African divide (land) and enclose it with fences.

■ deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style.