Definition of coating
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Examples of coating in a Sentence
The fabric has a coating that prevents liquids from soaking through.
A light coating of snow had fallen.
There was a coating of ice on the pond.
Recent Examples of coating from the Web
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Frying lightly puffed the thin batter coating of each bean.
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The company says an engine crankshaft timing rotor may have been produced with excessive anti-corrosion coating, which could cause the crank position sensor to malfunction.
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The Dutch paint and coatings maker has said PPG’s offers undervalue the company and wouldn’t be in the best interest of all stakeholders.
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The reason it’s not — not usually, at least — is that chemical reactions between pipes and properly treated water help build a protective coating called a scale.
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And Pry was making plans to finish the sides with a sludge-like coating to give guests a better sense of the muddy hell these soldiers endured with little sleep.
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Some companies put a coating on an oven for shipment.
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For years, the doughnuts Stan Berman sold out of his eponymous Westwood shop were packaged in a neat white box with a smooth clay coating.
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The epoxy coating contains tiny catalyst particles, while the channels in the substrate are filled with a liquid healing agent.
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First Known Use of coating
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: a thin layer or covering of something
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