camo

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US/ˈkæ.moʊ/

noun

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.

Similar
camouflage
OriginEnglish camouflageclip. ← French camouflage →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

nouncamo (countable and uncountable, plural camos)

plural camos

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
  2. countableuncountableClothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
  3. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of camouflage.
verbcamo (third-person singular simple present camos, present participle camoing, simple past and past participle camoed)

present singular third person camos · participle present camoing · participle past camoed · past camoed

  1. informaltransitiveTo camouflage.
  2. informalintransitiveTo put on camouflage clothing.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfabric 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

Similar
camouflage
Broader
fabricclothmaterial
Also see
camouflage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcamouflet
  2. Frenchcamoufler
  3. Frenchcamouflage
  4. Englishcamouflageclip.
  5. Englishcamo

From camouflage, by shortening.

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Translations

Finnish maastokuvio, maastopuku
  • maastokuviopattern
  • maastopukuclothes
  • pellepukuclothes
Thai ลายพราง, ลายทหาร
  • ลายพรางpattern
  • ลายทหารpattern
  • ชุดลายพราง (chút-laai-praang)clothes

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

comaMoCAmaco
Cite this entry
APA

camo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camo

MLA

“camo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “camo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camo.

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