trench coat
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3.1
- noun
- /trɛnʧ koʊt/
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gabardina
- The detective in the movie always wore a long trench coat while solving cases.
- wearing a trench coat
- a black trench coat
- a tan trench coat
One actually wore sunglasses and a black leather trench coat in the middle of the summer.
- One actually wore sunglasses and a black leather trench coat in the middle of the summer.
- The character is a man in a trench coat with a hat.
- A classical trench coat is usually also in woven fabric.
- It is inspired by my trench coat from my music video and campaign.
- And there's this man, the short man in a black trench coat comes up to me from my right.
- It's this epic yellow kind of trench coat with this faux fur cheetah lining.
- Here, a women's Burberry trench coat vintage and a men's Barber coat.
- As soon as I drop the trench coat and I'm standing there wearing this unitard that is so form fitting and this blue glow in the dark tail that I put lights on.
- But any like black pea coat or trench coat that comes below your hips I think is good because you can dress that up or dress it down so it's better than a shorter crop jacket.
- We don't know with a trench coat on who made the trench coat.
Examples
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Nadine stood by the back door of the kitchen, tying the belt of her trench coat about her.
Fiction book (1999) -
I slipped my trench coat off my shoulders and held it in front of me.
Fiction book (1997) -
The character is a man in a trench coat with a hat.
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Why are you wearing that trench coat?
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The man in the trench coat was waiting for her in the restaurant.
Academic text (2010) -
And why was he wearing a trench coat in this heat?
Fiction book (2001) -
You see the woman with the umbrella and the trench coat?
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I'm obsessed with this army green trench coat that I have as well.
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A short man in a wide-brimmed hat and a trench coat stepped in front of him.
Fiction book (2001) -
Lana is seated on a park bench wearing a trench coat, hat, and sunglasses.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
A short coat that reaches the waist or hips and fastens at the front
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A warm piece of clothing with sleeves worn outside
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A coat that keeps you dry in the rain
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A long heavy coat worn over other clothes to keep warm
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A coat that keeps you dry in the rain
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A heavy warm outer layer people wear over clothes in cold weather
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A coat that keeps you dry in the rain
How Waterproof
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'trench coat' is compositionally interpretable: a B1 learner who knows 'trench' (a ditch, with military connotations) and 'coat' will infer it denotes a specific kind of coat associated with trenches/military or outdoor use. However, finer conventional features (waterproofing, belt, deep pockets, stylistic details) are not fully predictable from the constituents, so the transparency is partial.
Etymology
Trench coat may come from World War I, when soldiers wore long, waterproof coats in the muddy trenches to stay dry. Those belted coats had big pockets for maps and gear, so the military style kept the name trench coat and today it means a long, belted, waterproof coat with a military look.