Meaning

3 senses
  1. A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.

  2. A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer.

    the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

  3. (obsolete)A coat for wearing indoors, under an overcoat.

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

Forms

plural: undercoats
Singularundercoat
Pluralundercoats

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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