Dictionary Definition
coat
Noun
1 an outer garment that has sleeves and covers
the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
2 a thin layer covering something; "a second coat
of paint" [syn: coating]
3 growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body
of an animal [syn: pelage]
Verb
1 put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish
with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: surface]
2 cover or provide with a coat
3 form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face"
[syn: cake]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊt
Noun
- An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
- A covering of material, such as paint.
- The fur or feathers of animal.
- In the context of "uncountable|nautical": canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather)
Derived terms
Translations
outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
- Czech: kabát
- Danish: frakke
- Dutch: mantel, jas
- Finnish: takki
- French: manteau
- German: Mantel
- Greek: πανωφόρι, παλτό
- Indonesian: mantel
- Italian: mantello
- Japanese: コート (kōto), 外套 (がいとう, gaitō)
- Portuguese: casaco
- Russian: пальто (pal’tó) , пиджак (pidžák)
- Scottish Gaelic: còta
- Slovene: plašč
- Spanish: abrigo , saco , casaca
- Swedish: rock
covering of material, such as paint
fur or feathers
- Danish: pels (fur), fjerdragt c (feathers)
- Finnish: turkki (fur), höyhenpuku (feathers)
- Japanese: 毛皮(けがわ, kegawa), 羽毛(うもう, umō)
- Swedish: hårbeklädnad, päls, fjäderdräkt
canvas secured around mast
- Finnish: takki
Verb
- To cover with a coat of some material
- One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
- To cover as a coat.
Translations
to cover with a coat of some material
- Dutch: coaten
- Finnish: päällystää
- French: couvrir
- German: beschichten
- Italian: rivestire
- Russian: покрывать (pokryvát’)
- Spanish: cubrir
- Swedish: täcka, belägga
to cover as a coat
- Finnish: peittää
- Swedish: täcka
Extensive Definition
Coat can refer to any one of the following:
- Coat (clothing), an article of clothing for humans.
- Coat (animal), the fur coat of an animal.
- Coat of arms, a heraldic design used to identify a nation, city, family, or individual.
- Coat, a layer of a certain substance, usually paint.
- Dogcoat, an article of clothing for dogs.
coat in Dutch: Jas
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Eton jacket, Leatherette, Leatheroid, Mao jacket,
anorak, apply paint,
bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, blanket, blazer, blouse, body coat, bolero, bomber jacket, bonnet, boot, breech, bristle, brush on paint,
butter, calcimine, cap, capillament, capuchin, car coat, chaqueta, chesterfield, chromogen, cilium, claw hammer, claw-hammer
coat, cloak, coat of
paint, coating, coif, collop, color, color filter, color
gelatin, colorant,
coloring, complexion, cover, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, curtain, cut, cutaway coat, cuticle, dab, daub, dead-color, deal, deep-dye, dermis, dinner jacket, dip, disk, distemper, double-dye,
doublet, drape, drapery, dress coat, drier, duffel, dye, dyestuff, emblazon, enamel, engild, exterior paint, face, facing, fast-dye, fell, feuille, film, fingertip coat, fitted coat,
flap, flat coat, flat wash,
fleece, flesh, floor enamel, foil, fold, fresco, frock, frock coat, fur, furring, gild, glaze, gloss, gown, grain, greatcoat, ground, guise, hair, hanging, hat, hide, hood, horsehair, housing, hue, illuminate, imbue, imitation fur, imitation
leather, ingrain,
integument, interior
paint, jacket, japan, jerkin, jumper, jupe, lacquer, lamella, lamina, laminated glass,
laminated wood, lap, lay on,
lay on color, layer,
leaf, leather, leather paper, loden
coat, mackinaw,
mane, mantle, mask, medium, membrane, mess jacket, midicoat, monkey jacket, opaque
color, outer layer, outer skin, overcoat, overlay, paint, pall, pane, panel, parget, parka, patina, pea jacket, peel, pellicle, pelt, peltry, pigment, pile, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood, prime, prime coat, primer, priming, pubescence, pubic hair,
rasher, rawhide, reefer, revetment, rind, sack, safety glass, san benito,
scale, screen, scum, setula, shade, shadow, shag, sheath, sheet, shellac, shelter, shield, shirt, shoe, shroud, ski jacket, skin, skins, slab, slap on, slat, slather, sleeve waistcoat,
slice, slop on paint,
smear, smear on, smoking
jacket, sock, spiketail
coat, spread, spread on,
spread with, stain,
stipple, stocking, swallowtail, tabard, table, tablet, tail coat, tails, tar, tegument, tempera, thinner, tinct, tinction, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, topcoat, transparent color,
turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, vair, varnish, vehicle, veil, veneer, vestment, wafer, wash, wash coat, watch coat,
whitewash, windbreaker, wool, woolly