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

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

The dolls come in different guises — including boxer, mariachi and fireman — but the one she bought was the classic version: Dr. Simi in his lab coat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

Velma T. recovered the goggles, breathed on them, and wiped them with her white lab coat.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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