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boot camps

boot camps is the plural of boot camp.

Meaning of boot camp

Noun

boot camp (plural boot camps)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial) An initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (army, Air Force, navy and Marine Corps).
    Synonyms:
    basic training
  2. (Canada, US) A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
  3. (Canada, US, idiomatic) Any short, often intensive course of training.
    • We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.

Questions about boot camps

What is boot camps the plural of?
Boot camps is the plural of boot camp.

Words near boot camps in the dictionary

  1. boot board
  2. boot boards
  3. boot boy
  4. boot boys
  5. boot camp
  6. boot camps
  7. boot catcher
  8. boot catchers
  9. boot closer
  10. boot closers
  11. boot crimp

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