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PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prisoner of war camp mean? 

PRISONER OF WAR CAMP (noun)
  The noun PRISONER OF WAR CAMP has 1 sense:

1. a camp for prisoners of warplay

  Familiarity information: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRISONER OF WAR CAMP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A camp for prisoners of war

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

internment camp; POW camp; prison camp; prisoner of war camp

Hypernyms ("prisoner of war camp" is a kind of...):

camp (a penal institution (often for forced labor))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prisoner of war camp"):

gulag (a Russian prison camp for political prisoners)


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