coatnoun [ C ]
uk/kəʊt/us/koʊt/coat noun [ C ] (CLOTHING)
A1 an outer piece of clothing with sleeves that is worn over other clothes, usually for warmth:
Do your coat up, Joe, or you'll freeze.
We need a coat hook on the back of this door.
used as a combining form:
an overcoat
a raincoat
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- "You never hang your coat up, " she grumbled.
- She was wearing a heavy winter coat.
- Fur coats have gone out of fashion.
- The kids were all wrapped up in coats and scarves.
- She drew her coat tightly around her shoulders.
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Coats, jackets & cloaks
- achkan
- anorak
- Barbour
- baseball jacket
- blazer
- DJ
- donkey jacket
- double-breasted
- doublet
- down jacket
- leucocyte
- lumber jacket
- mac
- mackintosh
- mantle
- sports jacket
- stole
- tailcoat
- three-quarter length
- trench coat
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coat noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)
the hair, wool, or fur covering an animal:
a thick/glossy/matted coat
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
- -haired
- alpaca
- beard
- coated
- coney
- cony
- dander
- hairless
- hairy
- ivory
- mink
- plumage
- plumule
- prickle
- quill
- spinneret
- vellum
- whisker
- wire-haired
- wool
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coat noun [ C ] (COVER)
a layer of a substance, especially paint, that covers something:
I'll give the walls a quick coat of paint.
two coats of varnish
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Coverings and layers
- a blanket of sth idiom
- blanket
- casing
- cladding
- coating
- gilt
- layer
- lined
- lining
- mantle
- mat
- membrane
- rendering
- slick
- tier
- topcoat
- undercoat
- veil
- veneer
- wrap
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coatverb [ T ]
uk/kəʊt/us/koʊt/to cover something with a layer of a particular substance:
When the biscuits are cool, you coat them in/with melted chocolate.
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- fall over sth/sb
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- pad
- proof
- render
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
- wreathe
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