raincoat Definition
☆ rain·coat (rān′kōt′)
noun
a waterproof or water-repellent coat for giving protection from rain
raincoat Synonyms
raincoat
n.
raincoat Usage Examples
Converse of object
- wear: A husband comes home and sees his wife painting the living room, but she's wearing a raincoat and a fur coat.
- bring: Please wear comfortable clothes and trainers, wear sun cream, a hat and bring a raincoat too!
- have: Also have a nice new raincoat for my birthday from the hubby - perfect for an Edinburgh summer!
- need: You need a raincoat to go and have a smoke outside your venue instead of a fleece.. .
- make: Charles Macintosh develops a new fabric for making raincoats.
- buy: Saturday greeted us with brilliant sunshine ( if we hadn¹t bought raincoats it would have rained!
Adjective modifier
- black: Even in a stylish black raincoat, it was clear Mark E Smith belonged to no man.
- light: A large, fat man in a suit and light raincoat was giving himself gray hairs with the Telegraph crossword.
- old: On a rainy day, equipped with his friend's old raincoat, Manoj sets out to visit his old love.
- plastic: THE METER MAN - Wears a plastic raincoat, trilby hat, carries flashlight and notebook and speaks two lines.
- blue: So called because the naval blue raincoats were called Burberrys.
- heavy: Taking bikes from the shed, we pedaled like fury, pretty frocks hidden under heavy raincoats.
Noun used with modifier
- Burberry: My granny, the chicest lady I ever knew, had a Burberry raincoat.
- gray: Sometimes, you even raise an enigmatic smile, then carry on, your tumeric yellow sari swinging beneath a three-quarter-length gray raincoat.
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