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FUR COAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fur coat mean?
• FUR COAT (noun)
The noun FUR COAT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FUR COAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coat made of fur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fur coat" is a kind of...):
coat (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fur coat"):
mink; mink coat (fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks)
sable coat (a fur coat made of sable furs)
Context examples
You sit at home, said the cat, in your dark-grey fur coat and long tail, and are filled with fancies, that’s because you do not go out in the daytime.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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