GDict

topcoat

'tɔpkәjt4 senses · 254 ms
Level C2
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noun/ˈtɒpkəʊt/
  1. 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.
    • He is wearing a black armband on the left sleeve of his gray topcoat.
  2. 2

    A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.

    • Near-synonym: overcoat
verb/ˈtɒpkəʊt/
  1. 1

    To apply a topcoat to (something).transitive

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