Meaning

2 senses
  1. A light overcoat (outer garment).

  2. A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.

    Near-synonym: overcoat

More definitions
  • a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Whether you first paint this wood with primer or undercoat, when you add this topcoat, you'll end up with the same result.

    deOb du auf dieses Holz nun zuerst die Grundierung oder den Voranstrich aufträgst – wenn die Endanstrich dazukommt, ist das Resultat dasselbe.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From top + coat.

From top + coat.

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Forms

plural: topcoats

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedclearcoat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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