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camo

camo

13 6.8
A fabric with a green, brown, and black pattern that helps people blend into nature
  • noun
  • /ˈkæmoʊ/
  • Informal
translation icon : camuflaje
  • The jacket's camo pattern helped him blend into the foliage during the hike.
  • wear camo
  • camo pants
  • camo shirts

Or yeah, you wear camo your whole life.

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Examples

  • Now, go put your camo on.

  • To my right, there's a young guy in a camo jacket the colors of the desert.

    Blog text (32)
  • It's the US Army snow camo beautiful.

  • And the thing about camo is it's meant to be not seen, right?

  • Plus, the camo just brings out my eyes.

  • That is very effective camo...

  • I pull off my camo jacket.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Make sure to wear your orange over the camo so other hunters see you.

    Blog text (11)
  • The fellow with the camo jacket did two tours in Afghanistan.

    Blog text (32)
  • But the figure swung round, and she saw it was a soldier, a woman in a helmet and camo gear.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

camouflage
vscamo
19 4.6

Cloth with green, brown, and black shapes used to hide people in nature

refers to fabric printed with that pattern to reduce visibility outdoors

Antonyms

54 2.8

How easy it is to see things, for example in fog

How Concealing

ghili
  • Jargon
9.9
camo
  • Informal
13 6.8
drabness
1 5.1
netting
12 2.7

Surface Forms

camo singular
camos plural

Etymology

Camo is short for camouflage, from the French word camoufler meaning 'to disguise' or 'to hide'. So camo refers to cloth or clothes with a pattern that helps you 'blend in' with trees or ground and be less easy to see.