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camotint

camotint is the alternative letter-case form of Camotint.

Noun capitalized: Camotint

Camotint (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Any of several pale camouflage colours used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II, especially Camotint green.
    • Then an F.24 camera was installed in each wing, and the whole airframe painted in a pale duck-egg green 'Camotint' finish for 'invisibility.'1980, Chaz Bowyer, Supermarine Spitfire, page 43
    • But by the time it left Habbaniya it had been transformed into a civilian aircraft GAGAR and once again painted in the Camotint blue-green camouflage.2011, Jeffrey Watson, Sidney Cotton: The Last Plane Out of Berlin

Forms of camotint

alternative formcamotint

Origin of camotint

Blend of camouflage + tint, coined by inventor Sidney Cotton.

Words formed from camotint

  • Camotint green
  • Camotint pink

Questions about camotint

What does camotint mean?
Camotint means any of several pale camouflage colours used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II, especially Camotint green.
What is camotint the alternative letter-case form of?
Camotint is the alternative letter-case form of Camotint.
What part of speech is camotint?
Camotint is a noun.

Words near camotint in the dictionary

  1. camotecue
  2. camotecues
  3. camotes
  4. Camotes Islands
  5. Camotes Sea
  6. camotint
  7. camouflage
  8. camouflage discipline
  9. camouflage net
  10. camouflage nets
  11. camouflage passport

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