topcoat
Collocations
5ADJ.
gray, long, open
VERB + TOPCOAT
add, befrogged, leave, wears
TOPCOAT + NOUN
astrakhan, collar, you'll
PREP.
up, with
ADV.
completely, habitually
Definitions
noun
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.
A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.
Near-synonym: overcoat
Apply two topcoats, particularly to areas that are fully exposed to the weather such as the south side of the house. A total of three coats (primer and two topcoats) should result in an optimum thickness of 4-1/2 to 5 mils.
verb
To apply a topcoat to (something).
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
- greatcoat
- overcoat
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4Our 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.
WiktionaryHe is wearing a black armband on the left sleeve of his gray topcoat.
WiktionaryWhereas Oehler habitually wears his topcoat completely buttoned up, I leave my topcoat completely open.
WiktionaryWhether you first paint this wood with primer or undercoat, when you add this topcoat, you'll end up with the same result.
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