- [countable] an animal with a long neck and one or two humps on its back, used in desert countries for riding on or for carrying goods compare dromedaryTopics Animalsb1
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- [uncountable] (also camel hair)a type of thick soft pale brown cloth made from camel's hair or a mixture of camel's hair and wool, used especially for making coats
- a camel coat
Word OriginOld English, from Latin camelus, from Greek kamēlos, of Semitic origin.
Idioms
See camel in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythe last/final straw | the straw that breaks the camel’s back
- the last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer
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