overcoat

[US]/ˈəʊvəkəʊt/
[UK]/ˈoʊvərkoʊt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a long outer coat.

Example Sentences

an overcoat suitable for everyday wear;

I had my overcoat turned.

A thick overcoat is a good defense against the cold.

Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.

He came into the room, his overcoat collar upturned.

Observe the overcoating intervals specified for the primer.

Put on your overcoat, or you will catch cold.

Finally he caught sight of the young man's light overcoat in the distance.

He turned his overcoat collar up.

Will you please help me on with my overcoat?

Do not leave off your overcoat; it is cold.

A suit and an overcoat hampered the efforts of the accident victim to swim to safety.

I'm sorry, those overcoats are not available in your colour and size.

Trying to sell overcoats in midsummer is a real mug's game.

He did't need the overcoat, so he hung it back in the wardrobe.

Do you think you can make over this old overcoat?

He disentangled his overcoat from the coat-hanger.

"If you'd had the forethought to bring your overcoat, you wouldn't have got cold during the night on the mountain top."

Other overcoats look spiritless, only this coat astrut.thin black pashm with pliability and puff, this double fastener coat hasn't put on, looks save many years in the flat tour box of Heny's.

Real-world Examples

It also explained his habit of wearing a large overcoat even during warm weather.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

I turned and saw Amy holding my overcoat.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

You need to wear an overcoat, gloves and a scarf.

Source: Beijing Normal University New Curriculum Reform Junior High School English Grade 7 Volume 2

I pulled off my overcoat and rolled up my sleeves.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

A witness said the suspect wore a heavy overcoat and sunglasses.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

She wore a dripping, ragged overcoat, and dragged herself in on wet, rundown shoes.

Source: New Century College English Integrated Course (2nd Edition) Volume 1

I spread on the seat the brownish furlined overcoat he had got tailor made for me.

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

And, putting on his overcoat, he left her.

Source: Returning Home

I want to have the overcoat made to measure.

Source: Shopping Dialogue for Traveling Abroad:

The other, hidden in the overcoat, listened with interest.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

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