coat

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noun

1 piece of clothing

ADJECTIVE

▪ long

▪ short

▪ three-quarter length

▪ heavy, thick

▪ light

▪ winter

▪ waterproof

▪ fur-trimmed

▪ fur, leather, mink, tweed, wool, etc.

▪ double-breasted, single-breasted

▪ duffel, pea (AmE), sport (AmE), trench

▪ frock, morning (esp. BrE), tail (usually tailcoat)

▪ lab (informal), laboratory, white

VERB + COAT

▪ don, pull on, put on, shrug (yourself) into, shrug on, slip on, throw on

▪ pull off, remove, shed (esp. AmE), shrug off, shrug out of, slip off

▪ button, button up

▪

The coat was buttoned up wrong.

▪ unbutton, unzip

▪ get, grab

▪

Get your coat, it's time to go.

▪ hang, hang up

▪ take

▪

Let me take your coat.

COAT + NOUN

▪ collar, pocket, sleeve, tail

▪ closet (AmE), hanger, hook, rack (esp. AmE)

2 fur/hair covering an animal's body

ADJECTIVE

▪ long

▪ short

▪ thick

▪ rough

▪ smooth

▪ shaggy, silky

▪

a dog with a long shaggy coat

▪ glossy

▪ spotted, striped

▪ winter

VERB + COAT

▪ shed

▪

The dog sheds its winter coat once the weather becomes warmer.

3 layer of sth covering a surface

ADJECTIVE

▪ thick

▪ light (AmE), thin

▪ fresh, new

▪

The room needs a fresh coat of paint.

▪ base

▪ final, top (usually topcoat)

VERB + COAT

▪ apply, put on

▪

Make sure the base coat has thoroughly dried before applying the topcoat.

COAT + VERB

▪ dry

PREPOSITION

▪ coat of

▪

a coat of paint/varnish

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verb

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪ heavily, liberally, thickly

▪

Liberally coat the fish fillets with flour.

▪ lightly

▪ specially

▪

The fabric has been specially coated to improve its water resistance.

PREPOSITION

▪ in

▪

Coat the fish in the sauce.

▪ with

▪

The furniture was thickly coated with dust.

Coat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑dust

Coat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑surface