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
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Eager to protect their home, Foxx and his allies embark on a mission to uncover the mystery at hand — Foxx's character is shown shooting a man wearing a lab coat in the laboratory — and rally their city to defend themselves from the conspiracy.
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Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
Wearing a crisp lab coat and a fresh blowout, the biochemist and L’Oréal Paris international scientific director is giving me a SparkNotes overview of the ingredient, which is often incorrectly used as a blanket term for a larger group of vitamin A derivatives called retinoids.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2023
Students at the University of Findlay recently received a crisp, white lab coat at the College of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony.
—cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
See the man in his Army uniform, see the man in his lab coat, see the man in his worker’s coveralls, his leather apron, his hazmat suit.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 20 July 2023
It’s been scientifically proven (by me, just now, in a lab coat).
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 July 2023
Healy, dressed in a white lab coat and glasses, opened his band’s set on Saturday at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Dundee, Scotland with a cryptic message to the crowd.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
Local female weavers—the lifeblood of Beni Rugs—are clad in maroon lab coat uniforms, working at 36 enormous vertical metal looms.
—Nina Roberts, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
Sarah Zimmerli of North Royalton was among 42 students at the University of Findlay who recently received a crisp, white lab coat at the College of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
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Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
Wearing a crisp lab coat and a fresh blowout, the biochemist and L’Oréal Paris international scientific director is giving me a SparkNotes overview of the ingredient, which is often incorrectly used as a blanket term for a larger group of vitamin A derivatives called retinoids.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2023
Students at the University of Findlay recently received a crisp, white lab coat at the College of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony.
—cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
See the man in his Army uniform, see the man in his lab coat, see the man in his worker’s coveralls, his leather apron, his hazmat suit.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 20 July 2023
It’s been scientifically proven (by me, just now, in a lab coat).
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 July 2023
Healy, dressed in a white lab coat and glasses, opened his band’s set on Saturday at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Dundee, Scotland with a cryptic message to the crowd.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
Local female weavers—the lifeblood of Beni Rugs—are clad in maroon lab coat uniforms, working at 36 enormous vertical metal looms.
—Nina Roberts, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
Sarah Zimmerli of North Royalton was among 42 students at the University of Findlay who recently received a crisp, white lab coat at the College of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
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First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
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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
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