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- [koht]
- /koʊt/
- /kəʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [koht]
- /koʊt/
Definitions of coat word
- countable noun coat A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside. 3
- countable noun coat An animal's coat is the fur or hair on its body. 3
- verb coat If you coat something with a substance or in a substance, you cover it with a thin layer of the substance. 3
- countable noun coat A coat of paint or varnish is a thin layer of it on a surface. 3
- noun coat an outdoor garment with sleeves, covering the body from the shoulder to waist, knee, or foot 3
- noun coat any similar garment, esp one forming the top to a suit 3
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Origin of coat
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English cote < Anglo-French, Old French < Germanic; compare German Kotze, Old Saxon cott woolen coat
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Parts of speech for Coat
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
coat popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for coat
verb coat
- laminate — to separate or split into thin layers.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- paint — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- glaze — to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.
- smear — to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
noun coat
- fur — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
Antonyms for coat
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