coating

[ koh-ting ]

/ ˈkoʊ tɪŋ /

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noun

a layer of any substance spread over a surface.

fabric for making coats.

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Origin of coating

First recorded in 1760–70; coat + -ing¹

SYNONYMS FOR coating

1. coat, covering, film, sheet, veneer.

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coat

[ koht ]

/ koʊt /

noun

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

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.

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

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

coat of arms.

Archaic. a petticoat or skirt.

Obsolete.

a garment indicating profession, class, etc.
the profession, class, etc., so indicated.

verb (used with object)

to cover with a layer or coating: He coated the wall with paint. The furniture was coated with dust.

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.

to cover or provide with a coat.

Origin of coat

1250–1300; Middle English cote < Anglo-French, Old French < Germanic; compare German Kotze, Old Saxon cott woolen coat

SYNONYMS FOR coat

8. spread, smear, encrust.

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Related formscoat·er, nouncoat·less, adjectivere·coat, verb (used with object)re·coat, noun

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Remove the butter and shortening from the freezer, and toss them with the dry ingredients, coating them well.
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And then I got a coating of Harvard on me and a coating of The New Yorker.
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Their cement for coating walls is like ours; the stucco flat coloured, and the colours mixed with the plaster before laying on.
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After adding powdered recrystallized bichromate, the jelly compound is ready for coating or spreading on the paper.
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In operation, a coating of coffee liquor is applied automatically, by means of a special device, to the outside of the drum.
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The coating may be dyed to any color desired, so that 59coated and glazed papers are obtainable in a wide variety of shades.
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Then it is given a coating of dilute nitric acid which is rubbed well into the wood fiber.
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British Dictionary definitions for coating

coating

/ (ˈkəʊtɪŋ) /

noun

a layer or film spread over a surface for protection or decoration

a heavy fabric suitable for coats

Midland English dialect a severe rebuke; ticking-off

coat

/ (kəʊt) /

noun

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

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

a layer that covers or conceals a surfacea coat of dust

the hair, wool, or fur of an animal

short for coat of arms

on the coat Australian in disfavour

verb

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

(tr) to provide with a coat

Word Origin for coat

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

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Word Origin and History for coating

coating

"layer over a surface," 1768, verbal noun from coat (v.).

coat

early 14c., "outer garment," from Old French cote "coat, robe, tunic, overgarment," from Frankish *kotta "coarse cloth" or some other Germanic source (cf. Old Saxon kot "woolen mantle," Old High German chozza "cloak of coarse wool," German Kotze "a coarse coat"), of unknown origin. Transferred to animal's natural covering late 14c. Extended 1660s to a layer of any substance covering any surface. Spanish, Portuguese cota, Italian cotta are Germanic loan-words.

coat

late 14c., "to provide with a coat," from coat (n.). Meaning "to cover with a substance" is from 1753. Related: Coated; coating.

Medicine definitions for coating

coat

[ kōt ]

n.

The outer covering or enveloping layer or layers of an organ or part.

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