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English

Navy pea coat

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular coat

Plural countable and uncountable; plural coats

coat (countable and uncountable; plural coats)

  1. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
  2. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
  3. (countable) The fur or feathers of animal.
  4. (uncountable, nautical) canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather)

Derived terms

Verb

Infinitive to coat

Third person singular coats

Simple past coated

Past participle coated

Present participle coating

to coat (third-person singular simple present coats, present participle coating, simple past and past participle coated)

  1. To cover with a coat of some material
    One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
  2. To cover as a coat.

Translations

to cover with a coat of some material
  • Bulgarian: намазвам bg(bg), покривам bg(bg)
  • Dutch: bekleden, coaten
  • Finnish: päällystää fi(fi)
  • French: couvrir fr(fr)
  • German: beschichten
  • Italian: rivestire it(it)
  • Russian: покрывать (pokryvát’)
  • Spanish: cubrir es(es)
  • Swahili: koti sw(sw)
  • Swedish: täcka sv(sv), belägga sv(sv)
to cover as a coat
  • Finnish: peittää fi(fi)
  • Swahili: koti sw(sw), koti sw(sw)

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