Coat Definition
kōt
coated, coats
noun
coats
A sleeved outer garment opening down the front and varying in length, as a suit jacket or a topcoat or overcoat.
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A natural outer covering of an animal, as of fur or wool.
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The outer covering of a plant or animal structure, tissue, etc.
A seed coat.
Webster's New World
A layer of some substance, as paint, over a surface.
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A petticoat or skirt.
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verb
coated, coats
To provide or cover with a coat.
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To cover with a layer of something.
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Other Word Forms of Coat
Noun
Singular:
coat
Plural:
coatsOrigin of Coat
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From Middle English coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Old Frankish *kotta (“coat”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeud-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (Modern German Kotze), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beũdos, “woman's attire”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English cote from Old French of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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