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Definition of coat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coat

noun
 
 
/kəʊt/
 
/kəʊt/
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  1.  
     a piece of outdoor clothing that is worn over other clothes to keep warm or dry. Coats have sleeves (= parts covering the arms) and may be long or short.
    • to wear a coat
    • to put on/take off your coat
    • a fur coat
    • a leather coat
    • a long winter coat
    • in a coat a man in a black coat
    • I dressed in my finest blue wool coat.
    • He slipped the letter into his coat pocket.
    see also Afghan coat, car coat, duffel coat, greatcoat, housecoat, overcoat, pea coat, petticoat, raincoat, sport coat, trench coat
    Extra Examples
    • Let me take your coat.
    • The coat was buttoned up wrong.
    • Why don't you take off your coat if you're hot?
    Topics Clothes and Fashiona1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • short
    • three-quarter length
    • …
    verb + coat
    • don
    • pull on
    • put on
    • …
    coat + noun
    • collar
    • pocket
    • sleeve
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (North American English) (old-fashioned in BrE) a jacket that is worn as part of a suit see also frock coat, morning coat, tailcoat, waistcoat
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • short
    • three-quarter length
    • …
    verb + coat
    • don
    • pull on
    • put on
    • …
    coat + noun
    • collar
    • pocket
    • sleeve
    • …
    See full entry
  3.  
     the 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)
    Extra Examples
    • The dog sheds its winter coat once the weather becomes warmer.
    • a dog with a long shaggy coat
    Topics Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • short
    • thick
    • …
    verb + coat
    • shed
    See full entry
  4. a layer of paint or some other substance that covers a surface
    • to give the walls a second coat of paint
    see also seed coat, topcoat, undercoat
    Extra Examples
    • You need to apply a base coat first.
    • The room needs a fresh coat of paint.
    • Apply a coat of clear varnish.
    • The floor needs another coat of varnish.
    • The windows were painted with undercoat and two coats of gloss.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • thick
    • light
    • thin
    • …
    verb + coat
    • apply
    • put on
    coat + verb
    • dry
    preposition
    • coat of
    See full entry
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cote, of unknown ultimate origin.
Idioms
cut your coat according to your cloth
  1. (saying) to do only what you have enough money to do and no more
    • We wanted to buy a bigger house than this but it was a case of cutting our coat according to our cloth.
See coat in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee coat in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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