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# campsite

«campsite» in Mova's school dictionary: **A place where people camp in tents, caravans or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a campsite, campsites; US also campground)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place where people camp in tents, caravans or campervans, often with toilets, showers and water taps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#m1)

2) The exact spot where one group puts up its tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is part of holidays and school camps. In safety lessons: choose a flat campsite away from rivers that might flood and away from dead trees; keep food sealed from animals; know where the toilets and first aid are; leave the campsite clean (leave no trace). Phrases: book a campsite, at the campsite, campsite rules.

### examples

- We put up our tent at the campsite by the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#x1)
- The campsite has hot showers and a shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#x2)
- Choose a flat campsite away from the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#x3)
- We left our campsite as clean as we found it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#x4)
- Raccoons came into the campsite looking for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#x5)
- Our class stayed at a campsite for the school camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#x6)
- The campsite was full, so we had to drive to another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/#x7)

### note

One word: campsite. In the USA «campground» is common for the whole place and «campsite» for one pitch. In the UK and Australia «campsite» or «caravan park» is used for the whole place.

### In the corpora

- [Food, rubbish and even toothpaste must be stored away from bears at a campsite.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/26-wild-animals/12/)
- [Leave a campsite as you found it, and walk carefully between tents because ropes and pegs trip people up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «campsite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campsite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.