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camouflage definition

cam·ou·flage (kamə fläz̸h′, -fläj′)

noun

  1. the disguising of troops, ships, guns, etc. to conceal them from the enemy, as by the use of paint, nets, or leaves in patterns merging with the background
  2. a disguise or concealment of this kind
  3. any device or action used to conceal or mislead; deception

Etymology: Fr < camoufler, to disguise; prob. altered (infl. by camouflet, puff of smoke) < It camuffare, to disguise

transitive verb, intransitive verb camouflaged -·flaged′, camouflaging -·flag′·ing

to disguise (a thing or person) in order to conceal

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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