Coat Kəʊt Long Extra Winter Examples Dog Noun

• to wear a coat
• to put on/take off your coat
• a fur coat
• a leather coat

coat

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.
• SEE ALSO Afghan coat
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/afghan-coat
• to wear a coat
• to put on/take off your coat
• a fur coat
• a leather coat
• a long winter coat
• a man in a black coat
• I dressed in my finest blue wool coat.
• He slipped the letter into his coat pocket.

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?
2. a jacket that is worn as part of a suit
• SEE ALSO frock coat
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/frock-coat
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
4. a layer of paint or some other substance that covers a surface
• SEE ALSO seed coat
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/seed-coat
• to give the walls a second coat of paint

Extra Examples

• Make sure the base coat has thoroughly dried before applying the top coat.
• 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.
5. 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.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French cote, of unknown ultimate origin.