camouflage

A covering or disguise that makes someone or something difficult to see or recognize.

• The soldiers wore camouflage.
• Its green skin provides excellent camouflage among leaves.
• His cheerful smile was camouflage for his fear.

Similar words: disguise, concealment

Common phrases: wear camouflage, natural camouflage, camouflage clothing

The process of changing an appearance to make someone or something difficult to see or recognize.

• Camouflage helped them escape detection.
• The camouflage of the vehicles required paint and branches.
• Animals use camouflage to avoid being eaten.

How to use it: camouflage of something (The camouflage of the camp took several hours.)

Similar words: concealment, disguising

Common phrases: camouflage of something, use of camouflage, skillful camouflage

To change or cover something so that it blends into its surroundings and is hard to see.

• They camouflage their tents with leaves.
• The vehicle was camouflaged with green paint.
• Can you camouflage the camera among those branches?

How to use it: camouflage something with something (They camouflaged the truck with branches.); camouflage something as something (They camouflaged the entrance as a pile of rocks.)

Similar words: disguise, conceal, hide

Common phrases: camouflage something, camouflage yourself, camouflage with something