lab coat

American  

[lab-koht] / ˈlæbˌkoʊt /

noun

• lab coats
  plural

1. a loose, often white, overcoat worn in a laboratory or in a medical setting to protect the clothes from substances that could stain or damage them.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• lab coats
  plural

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Example Sentences

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lab coat

Throw on a lab coat, spark a Bunsen burner, and stay close to the eyewash station, but hopefully it won’t come to that.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

The tag on her white lab coat read “professional pharmacist,” and the framed health and safety certificates lining the walls behind her gave the drugstore an air of legitimacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2023

Numerous studies have found that students—even those from non-Western cultures—view scientists as white, male, and wearing a white lab coat, while holding chemistry glassware such as beakers or flasks.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2023

Upon further investigation, Ms. Harper encountered a woman in a lab coat and two others wearing plastic gloves and blue surgical masks packing pregnancy tests for shipping.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

My science teacher is wearing a lab coat with her name sewn on it.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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