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htag="h1">camouflage</h1>
<span class="pos" htag="span" hclass="pos">noun</span><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" htag="div" geo="br" wd="camouflage" hclass="phons_br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/c/cam/camou/camouflage__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/c/cam/camou/camouflage__gb_1.ogg" title="camouflage pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/ˈkæməflɑːʒ/</span>
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<span class="sensetop" htag="span" hclass="sensetop"><span class="grammar" htag="span" hclass="grammar">[uncountable]</span></span>
<span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">a way of hiding soldiers and military equipment, using paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of what is around or near them</span>
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<span class="x">a camouflage jacket <span class="gloss" htag="span" hclass="gloss">(= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers)</span></span>
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<li class="li">excellent</li>
<li class="li">good</li>
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<li class="li">act as</li>
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