boot campnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈbuːt ˌkæmp/us/ˈbuːt ˌkæmp/US a place for training soldiers:
He was drafted and had to report to boot camp three weeks later.
a place that is similar to a place where soldiers are trained, where young criminals or people with behaviour problems can spend time:
a boot camp for troubled teens
a type of physical training that consists of many different types of exercise, often done outside:
He runs morning boot camps in the local park.
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Places involved in military activity
- base
- Bastille
- battlefield
- battleground
- beachhead
- billet
- bridgehead
- camp
- garrison
- GHQ
- guard post
- guardhouse
- guardroom
- line
- PX
- redoubt
- sentry box
- staging area
- the front line
- theatre
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