1 [U] a way of hiding soldiers and military equipment, using paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of their surroundings:
a camouflage jacket (= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers) * troops dressed in camouflage
2 [U,sing.] the way in which an animal's colour or shape matches its surroundings and makes it difficult to see:
The whiteness of polar bears and arctic foxes provides camouflage. * The leopard's spots act as (a) camouflage. * Predators make as much use of camouflage as their prey do.
3 [U,sing.] behaviour that is deliberately meant to hide the truth:
Her angry words were camouflage for the way she felt. * Maya's cheerful manner just serves / acts as camouflage.
verb [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to hide sb/sth by making them or it look like the things around, or like sth else:
The soldiers camouflaged themselves with leaves and twigs. * Her size was camouflaged by the long loose dark dress she wore.
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Is camouflage a noun, verb, or something else?
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