The meaning of CAMOUFLAGE is the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage; also : the disguise so applied. How to use camouflage in a sentence. Camouflage originates from camoufler, a French word that means “ to disguise .” It refers to the method of concealing an organism, object, or individual by making it look like they are part of its surroundings. To camouflage is to disguise, and a camouflage is that which disguises — like the leaf-colored and patterned uniforms worn by soldiers who want to blend in with their natural surroundings. Definition of camouflage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable] 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. He pulled the camouflage net over the entrance to the tent.
