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sleepaway

sleepaway adjective: of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.

Adjective

sleepaway (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) Of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
    • This annual event, presented by Resources for Children With Special Needs, offers information on 70 day and sleepaway options in the Northeast.2007 January 26, The New York Times, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    overnight

Noun

sleepaway (plural sleepaways)

  1. A camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.

Synonyms of sleepaway

Forms of sleepaway

pluralsleepaways

Origin of sleepaway

sleep + away

Questions about sleepaway

What does sleepaway mean?
Sleepaway means of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
What part of speech is sleepaway?
Sleepaway can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sleepaway in the dictionary

  1. sleepable
  2. sleepage
  3. sleepaholic
  4. sleepaholics
  5. sleepate
  6. sleepaway
  7. sleepaways
  8. sleepbound
  9. sleepcation
  10. sleepcations
  11. sleepdriving

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