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 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. 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 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lab coat was in 1895

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“Lab coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab%20coat. Accessed 22 Sep. 2023.

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
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