raincoat
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- noun
- /ˈreɪnˌkoʊt/
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impermeable
- I always keep a raincoat in my car in case it starts to rain unexpectedly.
You know, if I told you in the simplest terms to go out into the rain, but you're going to wear a raincoat for half the time we're outside, you're wet.
- You know, if I told you in the simplest terms to go out into the rain, but you're going to wear a raincoat for half the time we're outside, you're wet.
- Yeah, because my old raincoat that I had, like back when we lived in Vancouver, just just got too small for me in the arms.
- I go, dude, you don't wear a raincoat in Glasgow.
- He got the little, you know, khaki raincoat on.
- What was the jacket that you left at the the raincoat?
- Have you ever rolled the sky depth of the world, disguises and stuff Moustache bears die, the hair, big raincoat on none of that shit.
- I promise you, you going to the Bloomingdale, bro, they got the sweet rain boots and the sweet raincoat.
Examples
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Did you remember to pack your raincoat?
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I should wear a raincoat.
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So my best choice is to take the raincoat, right?
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Besides, I have a raincoat and you don't.
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Sometimes your teacher supervises, standing in a raincoat by the door to the school building.
Fiction book (1993) -
The man, who was very tall, was wearing a long raincoat that could have concealed anything.
Academic text (1993) -
The man wearing a black raincoat walks across the room towards an alcove.
Fiction book (1992) -
I noticed the man had no place to put his raincoat; he had folded it across his knees.
Fiction book (1994) -
An elderly man in a blue suit and tan raincoat was climbing the Holy Steps on his knees.
Fiction book (1993) -
As it does, a figure in a hooded raincoat sweeps into the elevator.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A waterproof coat that keeps you dry in rain
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A long waterproof coat with a belt and deep pockets, often worn in a military style
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A light jacket that keeps wind and light rain out
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A waterproof coat made of treated fabric to wear in the rain
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Clothing and items like a raincoat or umbrella that keep you dry in rain
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A coat that keeps you dry in the rain
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A coat that keeps you dry in the rain
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Clothing that keeps you dry in the rain
A long coat with a hood you can pull over your head to keep warm or dry
A jacket that keeps you dry and warm in wind or rain
How Waterproof
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Raincoat is simply the two words rain and coat put together, so it literally means 'a coat for rain'. That's why a raincoat is a coat you wear to keep you dry when it rains.