coatingcoat‧ing /ˈkəʊtɪŋ $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun [countable] 
Examples
a fine coating of dust The tent has a waterproof coating on both sides.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Cassette tapes have a magnetic oxide coating.
- ice-cream with a thick coating of chocolate
- Rub a thin coating of oil onto the peppers, then put them on the grill.
- As the water evaporates, the coalescing agents cause the acrylic dispersion to fuse and form the surface coating.
- Cleaning is carried out with hot detergent solution during which the coating is dissolved enabling the soil to be floated off.
- In 1996, wardrobe shine will come from other sources, such as fabric coatings.
- Rinse the pineapple and cherries to remove sugary coating and pat dry on kitchen paper.
- The Jakarta operation is geared up to serve protection coatings, marine, packaging and speciality industrial end-users.
- Yellow coating at the base of the tongue or a dry, smooth, glazed, cracked tongue.
Longman Language Activatora thin flat layer that covers a surface► layer
Collocations a thin flat quantity of something that covers the whole of a surface: layer of: · A layer of dust covered everything in the room.· Sprinkle a layer of soil over the seeds.
► film a very thin clear layer, especially of something liquid, that has formed on a surface: film of oil/grease/sweat etc: · She wiped away the light film of sweat that had formed on her upper lip.
► coating a layer of a liquid or soft substance that has been put on the surface of something, for example in order to protect it or make it taste better: · Cassette tapes have a magnetic oxide coating.coating of: · ice-cream with a thick coating of chocolate
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► protective
a thin layer of something that covers a surfacecoating of· This gives a protective coating, and also stops the bogwood staining the water brown.· The paint that puts the skids under barnacles is being adopted by Porter International for protective coatings in the United States.· All major protective coatings manufacturers will be faced with the same issues.· Normally, the drug itself is retained by a protective coating which conceals its taste.
► thin· This is usually done by chemically inducing a thin surface coating of corrosion.· Recent bootprints were marked in the thin coating of green sandy soil that had been blown by gentle breezes over the buildings.· Much thinner coating was given to columns, capitals and other decorative features.· Its tyres turned the thin coating of snow into glistening mud.· Laminate a thin transparent plastic coating applied to paper or board to provide protection and give it a glossy finish.
NOUN► surface· As the water evaporates, the coalescing agents cause the acrylic dispersion to fuse and form the surface coating.· This is usually done by chemically inducing a thin surface coating of corrosion.· Here too, surface coatings that modify interfacial properties are needed for more reliable operation in the liquid phase.· Are the edges clean or are there chips where the surface coating has chipped off?· The main line is the methyl methacrylate that goes into paints, surface coating resins and, above all, plastics.
VERB► cover· The rods and spinelets may be covered with a coating of skin.· The upper surface of the arms are covered with a dense coating of granules and segmental bands of hooks.
► use· This programme aims to use platinum group metal coatings for high temperature corrosion protection.· A gathering ball using advanced platinum coating technology in operation in molten glass at temperatures over 1000°C.
a fine coating of dust The tent has a waterproof coating on both sides.