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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Camouflage fabric.
  • noun A pair of pants or an outfit made of camouflage fabric.

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  • noun textiles A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
  • noun Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
  • verb informal To camouflage.
  • verb informal To put on camouflage clothing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for camouflage.]

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From camouflage, by shortening

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