coat

[ koht ]
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noun
  1. an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body: a new fur coat; a coat for formal wear.

  2. a natural integument or covering, as the hair, fur, or wool of an animal, the bark of a tree, or the skin of a fruit.

  1. a layer of anything that covers a surface: That wall needs another coat of paint.

  2. a mucous layer covering or lining an organ or connected parts, as on the tongue.

  3. Archaic. a petticoat or skirt.

  4. Obsolete.

    • a garment indicating profession, class, etc.

    • the profession, class, etc., so indicated.

verb (used with object)
  1. to cover with a layer or coating: He coated the wall with paint. The furniture was coated with dust.

  2. to cover thickly, especially with a viscous fluid or substance: Heat the mixture until it coats a spoon. The boy was coated with mud from head to foot.

  1. to cover or provide with a coat.

Origin of coat

1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English cote, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Germanic; compare German Kotze, Old Saxon cott “woolen coat”

Other words for coat

Other words from coat

  • coater, noun
  • coatless, adjective
  • re·coat, verb (used with object)
  • recoat, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for coat

coat

/ (kəʊt) /


noun
  1. an outdoor garment with sleeves, covering the body from the shoulder to waist, knee, or foot

  2. any similar garment, esp one forming the top to a suit

  1. a layer that covers or conceals a surface: a coat of dust

  2. the hair, wool, or fur of an animal

  3. short for coat of arms

  4. on the coat Australian in disfavour

verb
  1. (tr often foll by with) to cover (with) a layer or covering

  2. (tr) to provide with a coat

Origin of coat

1
C16: from Old French cote of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon kotta, Old High German kozzo

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