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Meaning of Camouflage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ

Definitions

  1. A disguise or covering up.
  2. The act of disguising.
  3. The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
  4. 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.
  5. The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
  6. Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

Equivalents

Cymraeg cuddliw ffugliw
فارسی استتار
Galego camuflar
עברית הסוואה
Bahasa Indonesia berkamuflase kamuflase menyamar penyamaran samaran
한국어 미채 보호색 위장 위장복
Kurdî kamuflaj
Lëtzebuergesch camoufléieren
Nederlands camoufleren
Português camuflagem camuflar
Slovenčina kamufláž
Türkçe kamuflaj
Українська камуфляж

Examples

“Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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