coating en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ] (General-American)
- /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/ (General-American)
Meanings
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A thin outer layer.
"Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.
1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
You can, if you like, give the completed cork wall a protective coating of sealer, stain, varnish, wax or polish, so you will be able to use liquid cleaners on it.
1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 48:
- (archaic) Cloth for making coats.
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(slang) A telling-off; a reprimand.
The bogey gave him a right coating.
1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 501:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coatings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
powder coating · sputter coating · biocoating · curtain coating · nanocoating · covert-coating · mouthcoating · electrocoating · multicoating
Translations (29)
tr kaplama (a thin outer layer) · fi pinnoite (a thin outer layer) · ru слой (a thin outer layer) · io induturo (a thin outer layer) · gl capa (a thin outer layer) · hu bevonat (a thin outer layer) · fr couche (a thin outer layer) · fr pellicule (a thin outer layer) · de Beschichtung (a thin outer layer) · fr enrobage (a thin outer layer) · ro strat (a thin outer layer) · bg облицовка (a thin outer layer) · pt camada (a thin outer layer) · fi kuorrute (a thin outer layer) · te పూత (a thin outer layer) · bg слой (a thin outer layer) · hu réteg (a thin outer layer) · mk слој (a thin outer layer) · eo tegaĵo (a thin outer layer) · fa پوشش (a thin outer layer) · ru облицо́вка (a thin outer layer) · he מַעֲטֶה (a thin outer layer) · gl baño (a thin outer layer) · es capa (a thin outer layer) · cmn 塗層 /涂层 (a thin outer layer) · pdt Schicht (a thin outer layer) · io induto (a thin outer layer) · es recubrimiento (a thin outer layer) · ru покро́в (a thin outer layer)