campus

Plural: campi, campuses, campusses

Noun

a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

Verb

Verb Forms: campussed, campussing, campusses

To restrict a student to the university grounds as punishment.
To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.

Examples

During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.
Her opponent tried to campus her scoring opportunities, but she found a way out.
The campus is sixty hectares in size.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ.
First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.

Scrabble Score: 12

campus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
campus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
campus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

campus: valid Words With Friends Word