- 1a piece of outdoor clothing that is worn over other clothes to keep warm or dry. Coats have sleeves and may be long or short a fur/leather coat a long winter coat to put on/take off your coat see duffel coat, housecoat, overcoat, petticoat, raincoat, trench coat
- 2a jacket that is worn as part of a suit see frock coat, tailcoat, waistcoat
- 3the fur, hair, or wool that covers an animal's body a dog with a smooth/shaggy coat animals in their winter coats (= grown long for extra warmth)
- 4a layer of paint or some other substance that covers a surface to give the walls a second coat of paint see topcoat, undercoat
Check pronunciation: coat