undercoat
/ˈʌndɚˌkoʊt/
undercoat noun: a layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
Noun
undercoat (plural undercoats)
- A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
- A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer.
- The conversion process is carried out by Progress Rail at Longport, from where they are dispatched in undercoat to Eastleigh for final painting.2022 November 30, David Staines, “The colourful Class 69s”, in RAIL, page 54
- A coat for wearing indoors, under an overcoat.
Verb
undercoat (third-person singular simple present undercoats, present participle undercoating, simple past and past participle undercoated)
- To apply an undercoat to (something).
undercoat meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian
undercoat in Tamil
- கீழ்ப்பூச்சு
undercoat in Urdu
- نچلی تہہ
undercoat in Kannada
- ಒಳಬಳಿತ
undercoat in Indonesian
- coat of paint applied before a topcoat
- cat dasar
Antonyms of undercoat
Forms of undercoat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | undercoats |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | undercoats |
| present participle | undercoating |
| past participle | undercoated |
| past | undercoated |
Origin of undercoat
From under- + coat.
Words that rhyme with undercoat
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- bote
- capote
- denote
- devote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- cote
- demote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- blót
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- lote
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- phot
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about undercoat
- What does undercoat mean?
- Undercoat means a layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
- What is undercoat in Tamil?
- Undercoat in Tamil is கீழ்ப்பூச்சு. See Undercoat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is undercoat?
- Undercoat can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce undercoat?
- Undercoat is pronounced /ˈʌndɚˌkoʊt/ (US).
- What is the plural of undercoat?
- The plural of undercoat is undercoats.
Words near undercoat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: undercoat (page history and authors); undercoat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undercoat (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undercoat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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