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[ kam-ber-wel, -wuhl ] / ˈkæm bərˌwɛl, -wəl /
nouna former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark. Words nearby Camberwellcamauro, Camb., Cambay, camber, camber piece, Camberwell, Camberwell beauty, Camberwell carrot, cambiata, cambio, cambist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for CamberwellCamberwell (in South London) was still seen as suburbia in the 1920s. Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance|Tim Teeman|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is so called because it was first observed in the neighborhood of Camberwell in the county of Surrey, England. Butterflies Worth Knowing|Clarence M. Weed For a time Robert's education was superintended by a tutor, who came to the house in Camberwell for several hours daily. Life of Robert Browning|William Sharp She was not there, but he traced her to the house of her father, who lived at Camberwell. The Way of All Flesh|Samuel Butler
It was a Camberwell Beauty, and Hildegarde followed it about a little as it hovered lazily from one daisy to another. Hildegarde's Holiday|Laura E. Richards The caterpillar feeds on the willow (which accounts for its former appearance in Camberwell). British Butterfiles|W. S. Coleman
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