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topcoats

topcoats is the plural of topcoat.

topcoats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of topcoat.

Meaning of topcoat

Noun

topcoat (plural topcoats)

  1. A light overcoat (outer garment).
    • Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Story of the Bald-headed Man”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, pages 66–67
  2. A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.
    • Near-synonym: overcoat
    Synonyms:
    overcoat
    Antonyms:
    undercoat, basecoat

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Questions about topcoats

What is topcoats the plural of?
Topcoats is the plural of topcoat.

Words near topcoats in the dictionary

  1. topcloth
  2. topcloths
  3. topcoat
  4. topcoated
  5. topcoating
  6. topcoats
  7. topcode
  8. topcoded
  9. topcodes
  10. topcoding
  11. topcolor

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