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

Reinhart’s character, Olive Smith, is primarily seen wearing her lab coat, but outside of the laboratory, she is dressed in red, blue and green outfits. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

In one of the images, Holmes stands stiffly in the foreground against long tables filled with equipment, wearing a pristine white lab coat over her signature dark turtleneck. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

The Bears coach may as well be wearing a lab coat with a table full of beakers, test tubes and Bunsen burners in front of him. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The 52-year-old is dressed in a lab coat and serves cold whole milk from a large storage tank with a faucet on one end. — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

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