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- DictionaryCam·ou·flage/ˈkaməˌflä(d)ZH/
noun
- 1. the disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings: "on the trenches were pieces of turf which served for camouflage"
verb
- 1. hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage: "the war area had to be camouflaged with mud"
The meaning of CAMOUFLAGE is the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage; also : the disguise so applied. How to use camouflage in a sentence.
to use leaves, branches, paints, or clothes to hide soldiers or military equipment so that they cannot be seen against the area around them: The troops had camouflaged themselves so effectively that the enemy didn't notice them approaching. The tent was camouflaged to avoid detection by infiltrating enemy soldiers.
Camouflage definition: the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc..
the way that the color or shape of an animal or plant appears to mix with its natural environment to prevent it from being seen and attacked: The lizard's light brown skin acts as (a) camouflage in the desert sand. zahoor salmi/Moment/GettyImages. [ S or U ] something that is meant to hide something, or behavior that is intended to hide the truth:
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard 's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid 's wings.
To camouflage is to disguise, and a camouflage is that which disguises — like the leaf-colored and patterned uniforms worn by soldiers who want to blend in with their natural surroundings. Camouflage evolved from the French camoufler, which was slang for “to disguise.”
noun. /ˈkæməflɑːʒ/. /ˈkæməflɑːʒ/. [uncountable] a way of hiding soldiers and military equipment, using paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of what is around or near them. a camouflage jacket (= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers) troops dressed in camouflage.
