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US /koʊt/ 
UK /kəʊt/ 

Oxford Essential Dictionary

noun

1 a piece of clothing that you wear over your other clothes when you are outside:
Put your coat on – it's cold today.

2 the hair or fur that covers an animal:
a dog with a smooth coat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

coat

I. coat1 S2 W3 /kəʊt $ koʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: cote]
1. a piece of clothing with long sleeves that is worn over your clothes to protect them or to keep you warm:
Billy! Put your coat on, it’s cold outside!
The kids took off their coats and threw them on the floor.
I need a new winter coat.
The lab assistants wear long white coats. ⇨ ↑morning coat
2. American English a jacket that you wear as part of a suit SYN jacket
3. the fur, wool, or hair that covers an animal’s body:
a dog with a glossy coat
4. a thin layer of a paint or other substance that you spread thinly over the surface of something
coat of
He applied a light coat of varnish.
cut your coat according to your cloth at ↑cut1(43)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ types of coat
warm I was wrapped up in a nice warm coat.
heavy/light She was wearing a heavy coat and a thick scarf.
a winter coat You’ll need a good winter coat in Canada.
a waterproof coat I took my walking boots and a waterproof coat.
a trench coat (=a long raincoat with a belt) a military-style trench coat
a duffle coat (=a warm coat with a hood, and buttons shaped like tubes) He pulled the hood of his duffle coat over his eyes.
a tweed/wool/sheepskin/leather coat I love her black leather coat.
a fur coat (=made from an animal’s fur) In Moscow a lot of the women wear fur coats.
a camel coat (=a thick pale brown coat made from wool, sometimes mixed with camel hair) He wore a smart camel coat over his suit.
a morning coat/tailcoat (=a formal coat that men sometimes wear for weddings)
■ verbs
wear a coat He was wearing a long coat.
put on your coat Mark stood up and put on his coat.
take off/remove your coat She took off her coat and went into the kitchen.
■ coat + NOUN
a coat pocket I thought my wallet was in my coat pocket.
a coat sleeve The small boy was pulling at his mother's coat sleeve.
a coat collar He turned up his coat collar.
a coat hook (=for hanging a coat on a wall) He hung his jacket on a coat hook in the hall.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coat

coat [coat coats coated coating] noun, verb   [kəʊt]    [koʊt] 

noun

1. a piece of outdoor clothing that is worn over other clothes to keep warm or dry. Coats have sleeves and may be long or short
a fur/leather coat
a long winter coat
to put on/take off your coat

see also  duffel coat, greatcoat, housecoat, overcoat, petticoat, raincoat, trench coat

2. (NAmE) (old-fashioned in BrE) a jacket that is worn as part of a suit

see also  frock coat, morning coat, tailcoat, waistcoat

3. the fur, hair or wool that covers an animal's body
a dog with a smooth/shaggy coat

• animals in their winter coats (= grown long for extra warmth)

4. a layer of paint or some other substance that covers a surface
to give the walls a second coat of paint
see also  topcoat, undercoat  
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cote, of unknown ultimate origin.  
Thesaurus:
coat noun C
Take your coat off if you're hot.
jacket|BrE anorakmac
a long coat/jacket/mac
wear/put on/take off/remove/do up/undo a/an coat/jacket/anorak/mac
Coat or jacket? Jacket can describe a piece of clothing worn indoors or one worn outdoors; a coat is usually only worn outdoors. A jacket usually comes down to the waist or hips, but not below; a coat is usually hip-length or longer.  
Example Bank:
Let me take your coat.
Make sure the base coat has thoroughly dried before applying the top coat.
The coat was buttoned up wrong.
The dog sheds its winter coat once the weather becomes warmer.
The room needs a fresh coat of paint.
a coat of paint/varnish
a dog with a long shaggy coat
Apply a coat of clear varnish.
The floor needs another coat of varnish.
The windows were painted with undercoat and two coats of gloss.
Why don't you take off your coat if you're hot?
a fur coat
duffel coat
• trench coat

Idiom: cut your coat according to your cloth

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

coat / kəʊt /   / koʊt / noun [ C ] (CLOTHING)

A1 an outer piece of clothing with sleeves that is worn over other clothes, usually for warmth:

Do your coat up, Joe, or you'll freeze.

We need a coat hook on the back of this door.

See picture clothes 4

used as a combining form:

an overcoat

a raincoat
 

coat / kəʊt /   / koʊt / noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)

the hair, wool, or fur covering an animal:

a thick/glossy/matted coat
 

coat / kəʊt /   / koʊt / noun [ C ] ( also coating , / kəʊ.tɪŋ /   / koʊ.t̬ɪŋ / ) (COVER)

a layer of a particular substance that covers something:

I'll give the walls a quick coat of paint.

two coats of varnish

a thick coating of chocolate

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

coat

/koʊt/
(coats, coating, coated)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
He turned off the television, put on his coat and walked out.
N-COUNT

2.
An animal’s coat is the fur or hair on its body.
Vitamin B6 is great for improving the condition of dogs’ and horses’ coats.
N-COUNT: usu with poss

3.
If you coat something with a substance or in a substance, you cover it with a thin layer of the substance.
Coat the fish with seasoned flour.
VERB: V n with/in n
coat‧ed
TV pictures showed a dying bird coated with oil...
Dip the pieces so they are completely coated.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, ADJ with/in n, adv ADJ

4.
A coat of paint or varnish is a thin layer of it on a surface.
The front door needs a new coat of paint...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
 

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

1coat /ˈkoʊt/ noun, pl coats [count]
1 a : an outer piece of clothing that can be long or short and that is worn to keep warm or dry
• She put on her coat, hat, and gloves, and then she went outside.
• a winter/fur/wool coat
b chiefly US : a piece of clothing that is worn over a shirt as part of a suit : jacket
• He was wearing a coat and tie.
• a sport coat
2 : the outer covering of fur, hair, or wool on an animal
• The dog has a thick/smooth/shaggy coat.
3 : a thin layer of paint covering a surface
• a coat of paint
• The house needed three coats to cover the original paint.
- coatless adj
• a shivering, coatless child