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say it: KAM-uh-flahzh
camouflage is a noun and verb meaning "an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something". It carries 5 recorded senses.
device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
“he is a master of disguise”
disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something
“The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for camouflage come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.