coat
noun
- a sleeved outer garment opening down the front and varying in length, as a suit jacket or a topcoat or overcoat
- a natural outer covering of an animal, as of fur or wool
- the outer covering of a plant or animal structure, tissue, etc.: a seed coat
- a layer of some substance, as paint, over a surface
- Dialectal a petticoat or skirt
- Obsolete customary garb of a profession or class
transitive verb
- to provide or cover with a coat
- to cover with a layer of something
See coat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kōt)
nouna. A sleeved outer garment extending from the shoulders to the waist or below.
b. A garment extending to just below the waist and usually forming the top part of a suit.
- A natural outer covering, such as the fur of an animal; an integument.
- A layer of material covering something else; a coating: a second coat of paint.
transitive verb coat·ed,
coat·ing,
coats - To provide or cover with a coat.
- To cover with a layer, as of paint.
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