"topcoat" meaning in English

See topcoat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɒpkəʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-topcoat.wav Forms: topcoats [plural]
Etymology: From top + coat. Head templates: {{en-noun}} topcoat (plural topcoats)
  1. A light overcoat. Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (light overcoat): палто (palto) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-topcoat-en-noun-4OHkHFdd Disambiguation of Clothing: 99 0 1 Disambiguation of 'light overcoat': 97 3
  2. A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat. Translations (layer of paint applied after the undercoat): последен пласт боя (posleden plast boja) (Bulgarian), kiritai (Maori)
    Sense id: en-topcoat-en-noun-bHJpOev9 Disambiguation of 'layer of paint applied after the undercoat': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: recoat, Inverness cape

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɒpkəʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-topcoat.wav Forms: topcoats [present, singular, third-person], topcoating [participle, present], topcoated [participle, past], topcoated [past]
Etymology: From top + coat. Head templates: {{en-verb}} topcoat (third-person singular simple present topcoats, present participle topcoating, simple past and past participle topcoated)
  1. (transitive) To apply a topcoat to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-topcoat-en-verb-ps4JVtn4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 38 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 20 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 23 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 16 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 18 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 18 57

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1988, Richard E. Kim, Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood, page 100:",
          "text": "He is wearing a black armband on the left sleeve of his gray topcoat.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Thomas Bernhard, translated by Kenneth J. Northcott, Walking: Three Novellas, page 114:",
          "text": "Whereas Oehler habitually wears his topcoat completely buttoned up, I leave my topcoat completely open.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ricardo Morada, So This Is the Good Old United States of America!, page 42:",
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          "ref": "1966, Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), Wood Finishing: Painting Outside Wood Surfaces, page 2:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Jeff Strong, Woodworking For Dummies, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "Without the protection of the topcoat, your wood constantly expands and contracts and is more susceptible to warping and cracking. Topcoats also improve the look of the wood by adding depth and color.",
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        "To apply a topcoat to."
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