HyperDic: concentration_camp

English > 2 senses of the expression concentration camp:
NOUNartifactconcentration camp, stockadea penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined / confined (usually under harsh conditions)
stateconcentration campa situation characterized by crowding / crowding and extremely harsh conditions
English > concentration camp: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined / confined (usually under harsh conditions).
Synonymstockade
InstancesAuschwitzA Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
BelsenA Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II
BuchenwaldA Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany
DachauA concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany
Narrowerdeath campA concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed
BroadercampA penal institution (often for forced labor)
Spanishcampo de concentración
Catalancamp de concentració
English > concentration camp: 2 senses > noun 2, state
MeaningA situation characterized by crowding / crowding and extremely harsh conditions.
Broadermisery, wretchedness, miserablenessA state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

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