coat

Definition

  • noun: an outer piece of clothing that can be long or short and that is worn to keep warm or dry
  • noun: an outer garment worn on the upper body and varying in length and style according to fashion and use
  • verb: to cover (something or someone) with a thin layer of something
  • verb: to cover with a coat
  • synonyms: petticoat, cloth, cover

Examples

  • She put on her 'coat', hat, and gloves, and then she went outside.

  • The house needed three 'coats' to cover the original paint.

  • The dog has a thick/smooth/shaggy 'coat'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Shouldn't the people know the hero who saved them? A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing simple things, as simple... and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders... to let 'im know the world hadn't ended. Bruce Wayne? C'mon! There you go! (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) down in those tunnels. Not every cop. Sir, are you okay? I'm a police officer. I need your car right now. Clear the corners, rookie. Get my coat, son. This.... This is the instrument of your liberation. Satellite shows a radiation spike. Whatever it is... it's nuclear. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises