'concentration camp' definitions:
Definition of 'concentration camp'
(from WordNet)
noun
A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions) [syn: concentration camp, stockade]
noun
A situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions
Synonyms of 'concentration camp'
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- abattoir,
- aceldama,
- barrack,
- barracks,
- bastille,
- Belsen,
- bivouac,
- black hole,
- borstal,
- borstal institution,
- bridewell,
- brig,
- butchery,
- camp,
- campground,
- campsite,
- cantonment,
- casern,
- cell,
- condemned cell,
- death cell,
- death house,
- death row,
- detention camp,
- encampment,
- federal prison,
- field of blood,
- forced-labor camp,
- gaol,
- gas chamber,
- guardhouse,
- hobo jungle,
- house of correction,
- house of detention,
- industrial school,
- internment camp,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- keep,
- Konzentrationslager,
- labor camp,
- Lager,
- lines,
- lockup,
- maximum-security prison,
- minimum-security prison,
- oubliette,
- pen,
- penal colony,
- penal institution,
- penal settlement,
- penitentiary,
- POW camp,
- prison,
- prison camp,
- prisonhouse,
- reform school,
- reformatory,
- shambles,
- slaughterhouse,
- sponging house,
- state prison,
- stockade,
- stockyard,
- the hole,
- tollbooth,
- training school