camper

«camper» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who stays at a camp, often in a tent, or goes… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (camper, campers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A camper is a person who stays at a camp, often in a tent, or goes camping. tree →

2) A camper is also a van with beds and a small kitchen, used for holidays (a camper van, an RV). tree →

sense in the lessons

people counted at a camp, often split by time (morning and afternoon) or activity (rowing, hiking); summer camp is a holiday for children in the USA and Canada; phrases: «summer camper», «camper van», «happy campers» (people who are pleased)

examples

• There were 35 campers rowing in the morning. tree →
• 27 campers went rowing in the afternoon. tree →
• How many campers went rowing in all? tree →
• How many more campers went hiking than rowing? tree →
• Each tent sleeps 4 campers. tree →
• The campers sang songs around the fire. tree →
• We drove around New Zealand in a camper van. tree →
• Campers must put out their fires before bed. tree →

note

A thing counted. Groups at different times are often added. Trap: a question about one activity ignores the other activity's numbers. Trap: the same camper may do two activities, so be careful when the question asks «how many different campers».

In the corpora

• A camper in Australia poured petrol on a slow campfire; the flames burst up into his face and he was badly burned.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «camper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.