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overcoats

overcoats is the plural of overcoat.

Meaning of overcoat

Noun

overcoat (plural overcoats)

  1. A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.
    • Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  2. An outer coat, an outer coating (of paint, etc).
    • Near-synonym: topcoat
    Synonyms:
    topcoat
    Antonyms:
    undercoat, basecoat

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Phrases with overcoats

Questions about overcoats

What is overcoats the plural of?
Overcoats is the plural of overcoat.

Words near overcoats in the dictionary

  1. overcoat
  2. overcoated
  3. overcoating
  4. overcoatings
  5. overcoatless
  6. overcoats
  7. overcoddle
  8. overcoddled
  9. overcoddles
  10. overcoddling
  11. overcode

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