RAINCOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raincoat mean? 

• RAINCOAT (noun)
  The noun RAINCOAT has 1 sense:

1. a water-resistant coat

  Familiarity information: RAINCOAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAINCOAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A water-resistant coat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

raincoat; waterproof

Hypernyms ("raincoat" 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 "raincoat"):

Burberry (a lightweight belted raincoat typically made of tan gabardine with a distinctive tartan lining; named for the original manufacturer)

mac; macintosh; mack; mackintosh (a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric)

trench coat (a military style raincoat; belted with deep pockets)

 Context examples 

At eleven o'clock a man in a raincoat dragging a lawn-mower tapped at my front door and said that Mr. Gatsby had sent him over to cut my grass.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)