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softcoat

softcoat noun: a coating that is vulnerable to scratches or other types of damage.

Noun

softcoat (countable and uncountable, plural softcoats)

  1. A coating that is vulnerable to scratches or other types of damage.
    • There are two types of low-E coatings, softcoat and hardcoat. Softcoat low-E coatings are vacuum-deposited on the glass after it comes off the float glass manufacturing line.1998, Richard T. Bynum, Daniel L. Rubino, Handbook of Alternative Materials in Residential Construction

Forms of softcoat

pluralsoftcoats

Origin of softcoat

From soft + coat.

Questions about softcoat

What does softcoat mean?
Softcoat means a coating that is vulnerable to scratches or other types of damage.
What part of speech is softcoat?
Softcoat is a noun.
What is the plural of softcoat?
The plural of softcoat is softcoats.

Words near softcoat in the dictionary

  1. softbound
  2. softbox
  3. softboxes
  4. softboy
  5. softboys
  6. softcoat
  7. softcoats
  8. softcock
  9. softcocks
  10. softcode
  11. softcoded

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