camouflage

camouflage
cam|ou|flage1 [ kæmə,flaʒ ] noun singular or uncount
1. ) a way of hiding people or objects by making them look like the natural background:
an expert in military camouflage
a ) the type of clothes or FACE PAINT that soldiers wear to make themselves more difficult to see:
dressed in camouflage
a camouflage jacket/uniform
2. ) the color or shape of an animal that makes it difficult to see because it looks similar to what is around it
3. ) a way of hiding the truth
camouflage
cam|ou|flage 2 [ `kæmə,flaʒ ] verb transitive
1. ) to hide a person or object by making them look like the natural background
a ) to hide a sound with louder or similar sounds
2. ) to make an animal difficult to see because it looks similar to what is around it
3. ) to hide the truth

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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