# death camp

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɛθ kæmp/

## Definitions
1. A prison camp in which a large number of prisoners die for various reasons, such as starvation, disease, brutality, and neglect.
2. A concentration camp built during the Holocaust by the Nazis to kill especially the Jewish people through gassing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/death-camp