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overcoat Definition

over·coat (ōvər kōt′)

noun

a coat, esp. a heavy coat, worn over the usual clothing for warmth

overcoat Synonyms

overcoat

n.

overcoat Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wear: Louis, wearing an overcoat, is now seen about to leave the prison.
  • have: Do make sure, tho, that your clothing is warm and that you have a waterproof overcoat.
  • steal: The purser was accused of stealing an overcoat from stateroom No. 10.
  • include: My uniform included a heavy navy overcoat which I kept for many years after the war.
  • buy: He spent a week meditating whether or not he should also buy an overcoat.
  • want: Wanting an overcoat I bought the material from a Jew, who offered to discount bills of exchange for me if I had any.

Preposition: at

work: Its not that far, and it seemed like a pleasant day - warm enough that I had left my overcoat at work.

Adjective modifier

  • brown: Continuity: At the end of Genesis of the Daleks, the Doctor was wearing his big brown overcoat.
  • thick: He wore a thick old overcoat that was held together by a piece of rope.
  • heavy: Wherever you paint with black on a mask, itâs like putting on a big heavy overcoat.
  • gray: Blue shirt, beige jumper, gray overcoat, gray trousers, brown suede shoes.
  • black: He wore a heavy black overcoat which was spangled with droplets of mist.
  • green: She was wearing slacks, bright blue shoes, and a green overcoat.

Noun used with modifier

  • length: He must have meant it, as he was dressed in an ankle length overcoat which he kept on for the whole gig.
  • winter: Noote takes some new trousers, a suit and his winter overcoat.
  • crombie: Must have seen two hundred or more of them in white shirt, Leeds tie and gray crombie overcoats.
  • navy: My uniform included a heavy navy overcoat which I kept for many years after the war.
  • cloth: Tommy pulls himself up to his window in time to see the heavy woman in the cloth overcoat fall to the pavement.
  • leather: He is wearing thin-rimmed black sunglasses and a long leather overcoat with black leather boots.