coatless
- adjective
- /ˈkoʊtləs/
- The children played coatless in the warm sun, enjoying the early spring weather.
Examples
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He is wearing a coatless suit, his sleeves rolled up, his thin tie loosened.
Fiction book (1994) -
The body was coatless and bootless.
Fiction book (1990) -
The body was coatless and bootless.
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He is wearing a coatless suit, his sleeves rolled up, his thin tie loosened.
Synonyms
Having little or no hair on the head
Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface
Not covered and showing the surface underneath
Having no fur or small threads that grow on the skin
An animal, often a bird, that does not have the soft outer covering
Not having any fur or hair on the body
Without a thin layer of another material on it
A thing with no cover or lid that lets you see what is inside
Not wearing clothes on a part of the body
Having no colored layer on its surface
Having no hard outer layer, for example some snails and nuts
Having no feathers on part or all of the body
Not wearing any clothes
A book without its dust jacket
Antonyms
How Covered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coatless comes from coat, which can mean any outer layer like fur, feathers, or a layer of paint, and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So coatless means 'without an outer covering', which is why we use it for animals, seeds, or objects that have no protective layer.