CAMO

camouflage, camo

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

camo (countable and uncountable, plural camos)

(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.

Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

Verb

camo (third-person singular simple present camos, present participle camoing, simple past and past participle camoed)

(informal) To camouflage.

(informal) To put on camouflage clothing.

Anagrams

• OAMC, coma, maco

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

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