camouflet
noun
ca·mou·flet
¦kamə¦flā
plural -s
1
: a mine so charged and placed that its detonation will destroy enemy mining tunnels
2
a
: an underground or subsurface explosion of a bomb or shell that leaves a sealed pocket of smoke and gas
b
: a pocket formed in this way
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, smoke blown into a sleeper's face from lighted paper
- bloviated
- bloviates
- bloviating
- bloviation
- bloviations
- blow
- blow (out)
- blow (someone) a kiss
- blow a fuse
- blow a gasket
- blow a kiss
- blow accordion
- blow away
- blow bubbles
- blow chunks
- blow gas
- blow hot and cold
- blow in
- blow into
- blow into (a place)
- blow into a place
- blow job
- blow land
- blow mold
- blow molding