as in to cover
to form a layer over
thicken the sauce until it will coat the back of a spoon
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Recent Examples of coat
Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
The little girl approached the therapy dog outside the school library, reaching out to touch her fluffy blond coat.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The custard should coat the back of a spoon.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 26 May 2026
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Noun
The mid-length, long-sleeve coat dates to the early 1960s, and features a flower pattern across the brocade and an oversize collar.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
The little girl approached the therapy dog outside the school library, reaching out to touch her fluffy blond coat.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Verb
And in China, Feng Fan cofounded Yanhe Technology to commercialize solar cells from perovskites, a thin, ultra-efficient material that can be coated onto flexible surfaces or screens and generate power in low-light conditions.
—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The custard should coat the back of a spoon.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coat
Noun
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The brand prioritizes sustainable practices, utilizing regenerated wool from traceable supply chains, including by the Tuscan wool mill Manteco.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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He is said to have draped the shrine in striped red wool.—
Iqbal Akhtar,
The Conversation,
25 May 2026
Verb
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The cameras on each phone had been covered with painter’s tape, which authorities believe was intended to prevent his surroundings from being recorded.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The red leather booths and wooden bar date back to the early 20th century and the walls are covered in flags from American universities.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Eva, who was very interested in my research on Stein, wondered if Fanny washed her hair in sulphur water, like the poodles, Basket 1 and Basket 2.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The Vogue cover star leaned her head back and dipped her hair into the water in one image.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Video showed the walls of the complex blanketed with ash and the roof collapsed amid the remains of the structure.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
28 May 2026
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Forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan can also blanket neighboring Malaysia and Singapore in haze.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Verb
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In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.—
Tatjana Baleta,
Time,
28 May 2026
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Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Both Bestor and architect Tim Barber, who counts Matt Duffer and Ramin Djawadi as clients, employ Densdeck Roof Boards and Densinglas sheeting, a fiberglass-matt gypsum panel considered sustainable because of its durability and recycled content, in their work.—
Abigail Stone,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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Reroll the dough sheets away from you into cylinders and loosely pinch them closed.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coat. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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