adjective
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covered with an outer layer, film, etc
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(of paper) having a coating of a mineral, esp china clay, to provide a very smooth surface
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(of textiles) having been given a plastic or other surface
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photog optics another word for bloomed
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The monument will be installed in a park in Callao, a nearby port city, after being coated with polyurethane foam and fiberglass, and finished with a marble dust.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Those letters are then locked into a frame called a chase, coated with ink and impressed on sheets of paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She managed to grab hold of her daughter's foot, but her shoes were coated in engine oil from the overturned vessel and she slipped through her hands.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Electrolyzers operating with desalinated seawater or acidic solutions currently require expensive titanium components coated with gold or platinum.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was easy to tell who had availed themselves of the baths drawn for them, because their tubs were coated in the brown scum of weeks of unwash.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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