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

And then someone rode in with some answers — not a man in a white hat, like a movie hero, but a man in a white lab coat. —Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

Nicole Kidman doesn’t tremble or get squeamish putting on the white lab coat of Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner at the heart of Patricia Cornwell's series of crime thriller novels, now adapted for a Prime Video show by Amazon MGM Studios and Blumhouse Television. —Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

Why are they joined at the hip as the lab coat crew? —Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026

Inside a lab in Redland, behind double doors that require a lab coat to enter, a team of scientists is breeding a tiny terror. —Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 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