coating

[koh-ting] /ˈkoʊ tɪŋ/
noun
1.
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
2.
fabric for making coats.
Origin
1760-70; coat + -ing1
Synonyms
1. coat, covering, film, sheet, veneer.

coat

[koht] /koʊt/
noun
1.
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
a new fur coat; a coat for formal wear.
2.
a natural integument or covering, as the hair, fur, or wool of an animal, the bark of a tree, or the skin of a fruit.
3.
a layer of anything that covers a surface:
That wall needs another coat of paint.
4.
a mucous layer covering or lining an organ or connected parts, as on the tongue.
5.
coat of arms.
6.
Archaic. a petticoat or skirt.
7.
Obsolete.
  1. a garment indicating profession, class, etc.
  2. the profession, class, etc., so indicated.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cover with a layer or coating:
He coated the wall with paint. The furniture was coated with dust.
9.
to cover thickly, especially with a viscous fluid or substance:
Heat the mixture until it coats a spoon. The boy was coated with mud from head to foot.
10.
to cover or provide with a coat.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English cote < Anglo-French, Old French < Germanic; compare German Kotze, Old Saxon cott woolen coat
Related forms
coater, noun
coatless, adjective
recoat, verb (used with object)
recoat, noun
Synonyms
8. spread, smear, encrust.
Examples from the web for coating
  • Covering fibres in a reflective coating allows them to be used to encode information within their vibrations.
  • They go through a dehydration process and then a metal coating process.
  • The more you beat, the more bubbles with a protein coating are created and the more the whole shebang fluffs up.
  • The basic idea of the new technology is to infiltrate this coating with tiny, fluid-filled capsules.
  • He suggests that a thin coating of the capsules could be applied to surfaces.
  • When it dries, the fly-ash acts as a tough coating, able to withstand the elements in exposed places.
  • Participating drugs companies emboss a special code onto packages, which customers find by scratching off a coating.
  • The easy way around this is to use so-called chocolate melts, or candy coating.
  • If you want to sprinkle a dry coating on the bonbons, such as salt or candy sprinkles, do so immediately.
  • We are a sports fan base that is having an increasingly difficult time sharing our opinions without coating them in mud.
British Dictionary definitions for coating

coating

/ˈkəʊtɪŋ/
noun
1.
a layer or film spread over a surface for protection or decoration
2.
a heavy fabric suitable for coats
3.
(Midland English, dialect) a severe rebuke; ticking-off

coat

/kəʊt/
noun
1.
an outdoor garment with sleeves, covering the body from the shoulder to waist, knee, or foot
2.
any similar garment, esp one forming the top to a suit
3.
a layer that covers or conceals a surface: a coat of dust
4.
the hair, wool, or fur of an animal
5.
short for coat of arms
6.
(Austral) on the coat, in disfavour
verb
7.
(transitive) often foll by with. to cover (with) a layer or covering
8.
(transitive) to provide with a coat
Word Origin
C16: from Old French cote of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon kotta, Old High German kozzo
Word Origin and History for coating
n.

"layer over a surface," 1768, verbal noun from coat (v.).

coat

n.

early 14c., "outer garment," from Old French cote "coat, robe, tunic, overgarment," from Frankish *kotta "coarse cloth" or some other Germanic source (cf. Old Saxon kot "woolen mantle," Old High German chozza "cloak of coarse wool," German Kotze "a coarse coat"), of unknown origin. Transferred to animal's natural covering late 14c. Extended 1660s to a layer of any substance covering any surface. Spanish, Portuguese cota, Italian cotta are Germanic loan-words.

v.

late 14c., "to provide with a coat," from coat (n.). Meaning "to cover with a substance" is from 1753. Related: Coated; coating.

coating in Medicine

coat (kōt)
n.
The outer covering or enveloping layer or layers of an organ or part.

Slang definitions & phrases for coating

coat

Related Terms

pine overcoat


coating in the Bible

the tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). The "coats of skins" prepared by God for Adam and Eve were probably nothing more than aprons (Gen. 3:21). This tunic was sometimes woven entire without a seam (John 19:23); it was also sometimes of "many colours" (Gen. 37:3; R.V. marg., "a long garment with sleeves"). The "fisher's coat" of John 21:7 was obviously an outer garment or cloak, as was also the "coat" made by Hannah for Samuel (1 Sam. 2:19). (See DRESS.)