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Camouflage

noun

An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something. Synonym: disguise.

Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background. Synonym: camo.

Device or stratagem for concealment or deceit.

The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance. Synonym: disguise.

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"Camouflage" Quotes from Famous Books

... smooth, and of metal; its gaping airlock testimony to the haste with which it had been landed, unhidden by the natural camouflage of the soaring trees with which the ...

— The Women-Stealers of Thrayx • Fox B. Holden

... banquets elaborately prearranged. You know how they come about, especially in war-time. Very likely Mrs. Dowey met Mrs. Twymley and Mrs. Mickleham quite casually in the street, and meant to do no more than the time of day; then, naturally enough, the word camouflage was mentioned, and they got heated, but in the end Mrs. Twymley apologised; then, in the odd way in which one thing leads to another, the winkle man appeared, and Mrs. Dowey remembered that she had that pot of jam and ...

— Echoes of the War • J. M. Barrie

... have for years past covered their quiet infiltration of Conservative principles with a camouflage of strict neutrality. Teachers though they are, the authors do not seem quite to realise what a formidable protective device this banning of the modern history which we call politics has been, and what obstacles have to be overcome before the advice given ...

— The School and the World • Victor Gollancz and David Somervell

Words linked to "Camouflage" : mask, semblance, concealing, textile, colour, color, screen, hiding, material, cover, camo, fabric, covert, concealment, gloss, cloth