camouflage

IPA: kˈæmʌfɫɑʒ

noun

  • A disguise or covering up.
  • The act of disguising.
  • (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
  • (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
  • (biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
  • Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

verb

  • To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
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Examples of "camouflage" in Sentences

  • Why, they are what you call my camouflage, and a very good one too. '
  • This girl doesn't even know what the word camouflage means, but whatever, who cares.
  • Would that be something like flak jackets covered in camouflage pattern Rhinestones?
  • What kind of camouflage is that, which exists, not to make one invisible, but ever more distinct?
  • Imagine if you will, a woman in camouflage maternity uniform with combat boots that would do Goofy proud ...
  • "We are getting weaker and weaker every day," lamented Col. Ahmed Mohammed, a burly commander dressed in camouflage fatigues.
  • Dressed like Ted Nugent in camouflage, long hair and a scruffy beard, he stages a mixed-martial arts contest, which was shot last summer in Arkansas.
  • Hunters in camouflage gear are still common sights at the Kuujjuaq airport during Nunavik's sports caribou hunting season, which starts in mid-August and wraps up at the end of September.
  • Long before the French word "camouflage" was brought into general use by a titanic war the art of concealment and illusion was practiced universally by the natives of the North American wilderness.

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