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monocoat en · NOUN

Etymology

From mono- + coat.

Meanings

  1. A topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.
    • Until the early 1980s almost all top coats were monocoats, a single coating composition applied in several coats. Monocoats have been largely supplanted by base coat–clear coat systems. 2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr.; Frank N. Jones; Socrates Peter Pappas, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, page 598:
    • Identification of some organic pigments used in red and brown nonmetallic and metallic monocoats – quinacridones. 2001, Brian Caddy, Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint, page 272:

Forms

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monocoats Number=Plur lexicographic

monocoat en · VERB

Etymology

From mono- + coat.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To apply this kind of coating to.

Forms

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monocoated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
monocoated Tense=Past lexicographic
monocoats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
monocoating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic