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monocoat

monocoat noun: a topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.

Noun

monocoat (plural monocoats)

  1. A topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.
    • Identification of some organic pigments used in red and brown nonmetallic and metallic monocoats – quinacridones.2001, Brian Caddy, Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint, page 272
    • Until the early 1980s almost all top coats were monocoats, a single coating composition applied in several coats. Monocoats have been largely supplanted by base coat–clear coat systems.2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr.; Frank N. Jones; Socrates Peter Pappas, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, page 598

Verb

monocoat (third-person singular simple present monocoats, present participle monocoating, simple past and past participle monocoated)

  1. (transitive) To apply this kind of coating to.

Forms of monocoat

Noun
pluralmonocoats
Verb
third-person singular presentmonocoats
present participlemonocoating
past participlemonocoated
pastmonocoated

Origin of monocoat

From mono- + coat.

Questions about monocoat

What does monocoat mean?
Monocoat means a topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.
What part of speech is monocoat?
Monocoat can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of monocoat?
The plural of monocoat is monocoats.

Words near monocoat in the dictionary

  1. monoclonally
  2. monoclonals
  3. monoclonated
  4. monoclone
  5. monoclones
  6. monocoat
  7. monocoated
  8. monocoating
  9. monocoats
  10. monocodonic
  11. monocolonal

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