Definition of "camouflage" []

• The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings. (noun)
• Concealment by disguise or protective coloring. (noun)
• Fabric or a garment dyed in splotches of green, brown, tan, and black so as to make the wearer indistinguishable from the surrounding environment. (noun)
• To conceal by the use of disguise or by protective coloring or garments that blend in with the surrounding environment. (verb-transitive)
• To conceal, usually through misrepresentation or other artifice: camouflaged their hatred with professions of friendship. See Synonyms at disguise. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This girl doesn't even know what the word camouflage means, but whatever, who cares."
• "Why, they are what you call my camouflage, and a very good one too. '"
• "What kind of camouflage is that, which exists, not to make one invisible, but ever more distinct?"