a piece of clothing with long sleeves that you wear over your other clothes when you go outside. A short coat is also called a jacket and a long coat is also called an overcoat
a womanwearing a fur coat
Put your coat on – we’re going out.
Synonyms and related words
Jackets and coats
anorak
Barbour
blazer
1a
a piece of thick cloth that is put on a dog’s back to keep it warm outside in winter
Synonyms and related words
Leads and collars for dogs
choke chain
coat
collar
2
the fur or hair on an animal’s skin
Mountaingoats have long shaggycoats.
Synonyms and related words
The skin, bones and fur of animals
armor
armour
beard
3
a layer of something such as paint that you put onto a surface
All the doorneeds is a new coat of paint.
Synonyms and related words
Materials and substances used in painting and decorating
coat
creosote
distemper
4
hold my coat
used for saying you are ready, willing and eager to do something
If they want an election, well hold my coat!
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 11/10/2019
coat
noun countable
US /koʊt/
Other entries for this word
coatverb
car coatnoun
coat pegnoun
coat checknoun
coat hangernoun
duffel coatnoun
frock coatnoun
sport coatnoun
trench coatnoun
coat of armsnoun
white coat hypertensionnoun
duffle coatnoun at duffel coat
Word Forms
singular
coat
plural
coats
DEFINITIONS4
1
a piece of clothing with long sleeves that you wear over your other clothes when you go outside. A short coat is also called a jacket and a long coat is also called an overcoat
a womanwearing a fur coat
Put your coat on – we’re going out.
Synonyms and related words
Jackets and coats
anorak
blazer
body warmer
1a
a jacket that men wear over a shirt as part of a suit
Synonyms and related words
Jackets and coats
anorak
blazer
body warmer
1b
a piece of thick cloth that is put on a dog’s back to keep it warm outside in winter
Synonyms and related words
Leads and collars for dogs
choke chain
coat
collar
2
a layer of something such as paint that you put onto a surface
All the doorneeds is a new coat of paint.
Synonyms and related words
Materials and substances used in painting and decorating
coat
creosote
distemper
3
the fur or hair on an animal’s skin
Mountaingoats have long shaggycoats.
Synonyms and related words
The skin, bones and fur of animals
armor
armour
beard
4
hold my coat
used for saying you are ready, willing and eager to do something
If they want an election, well hold my coat!
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 11/10/2019
coat
verb transitive
UK /kəʊt/
Other entries for this word
coatnoun
car coatnoun
coat pegnoun
coat checknoun
coat hangernoun
coat-tailsnoun
duffel coatnoun
frock coatnoun
sports coatnoun
trench coatnoun
coat of armsnoun
on someone’s coat-tailsphrase
white coat hypertensionnoun
cut your coat according to your clothphrase
duffle coatnoun at duffel coat
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
coat
he/she/it
coats
present participle
coating
past tense
coated
past participle
coated
DEFINITIONS2
1
to cover something with a layer of a substance
The wind had coated everything with a layer of sand.
trufflescoated in whitechocolate
Synonyms and related words
To cover something
cover
wrap
coat
2
to abuse or insult
the unedifying sight of an adult man coating off a 16-year-old schoolgirl
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 15/08/2019
coat
verb transitive
US /koʊt/
Other entries for this word
coatnoun
car coatnoun
coat pegnoun
coat checknoun
coat hangernoun
duffel coatnoun
frock coatnoun
sport coatnoun
trench coatnoun
coat of armsnoun
white coat hypertensionnoun
duffle coatnoun at duffel coat
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
coat
he/she/it
coats
present participle
coating
past tense
coated
past participle
coated
DEFINITIONS2
1
to cover something with a layer of a substance
The wind had coated everything with a layer of sand.
trufflescoated in whitechocolate
Synonyms and related words
To cover something
cover
wrap
coat
2
to abuse or insult
the unedifying sight of an adult man coating off a 16-year-old schoolgirl