lab coat

noun

: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical facility

Examples of lab coat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jennifer's 22-year-old sister Phoebe even made a cameo in one holiday snap, while the final image showed Jennifer smiling while wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope around her neck. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 6 July 2025

As a child growing up in Pakistan, Khalida Omar dreamed of wearing a doctor’s white lab coat to help anyone who asked. —Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025

The video opens with the Deadpool & Wolverine star sitting at a decades-old computer while wearing glasses and a lab coat in an apartment eerily similar to that of the title character in Doogie Howser, MD., Harris' star-making role. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 June 2025

Prior to her digging, Sabrina, who was dressed in a white lab coat, had the rules for the game explained to her by Drew Crew member, Valerie Bertinelli. —EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lab coat

• afloat
• azote
• banknote
• bareboat
• benzoate
• connote
• cutthroat
• demote
• denote
• devote
• endnote
• footnote

Kids Definition

lab coat

noun

: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn by personnel in a laboratory, medical office, or hospital

Medical Definition

lab coat

noun

: a thin, loose, usually white, knee-length coat with deep pockets that is typically worn in a laboratory or medical office