Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

labour camp

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: labour -camp
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors.

Example Sentences

"The labour camps of the old Soviet Union are well described by the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn."

Inflected Forms

labour camps (plural) labor camp (alternative, US)

Frequently Paired Words

workcamp

Synonyms

labor camp

Questions

What does labour camp mean?: A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors.

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