COAT OF PAINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coat of paint mean? 

• COAT OF PAINT (noun)
  The noun COAT OF PAINT has 1 sense:

1. a layer of paint covering something else

  Familiarity information: COAT OF PAINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COAT OF PAINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A layer of paint covering something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coat of paint" is a kind of...):

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

paint; pigment (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coat of paint"):

flat coat; ground; primer; primer coat; priming; priming coat; undercoat (the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface)

 Context examples 

Browse new real estate to rent or buy or ask the painters to give several of your present rooms a pretty coat of paint in a new color.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You might bring in the workmen to give a room a new coat of paint, institute needed repairs, or do a thorough cleaning of your apartment.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)