sleep-away

or sleep·a·way

[ sleep-uh-wey ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home:

   sleep-away camp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleep-away¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Yet it’s not the sort of whimsical performance associated with a sleep-away camp; it is a dramatization of domestic abuse, so triggering to Dot that she passes out.

From New York Times

Ms. Klein, the mental-health coordinator for a network of sleep-away camps, has a morning routine: responding to queries from anxious parents, who have looked at the photographs posted online the night before.

From New York Times

So, two days after her son’s murder, she and Beigel’s stepfather, Michael Schulman, started the Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund, which pays for underprivileged children touched by gun violence to attend sleep-away camp — and return annually if they maintain good grades and stay out of trouble.

From Seattle Times

“The Seven Faces of Jane” has eight directors: Julian Acosta, Xan Cassavetes, Gia Coppola, Ryan Heffington, Boma Iluma, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong and Alex Takacs, each of whom was presented with a premise: A woman named Jane drops her daughter off at sleep-away camp and then drives away from her mundane life into an adventure.

From Washington Post

Squeezing in some final vacation time on Long Island before rehearsals and her son’s return from sleep-away camp, Krakowski admits to falling down musical theater rabbit holes on YouTube, and loving Henry’s singing videos on social media.

From New York Times