coat of paint
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2.3
- noun
- /koʊt əv peɪnt/
:
capa de pintura
- I was thinking a fresh coat of paint.
Really does feel like it's got a fresh coat of paint.
- Really does feel like it's got a fresh coat of paint.
Examples
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Could use a fresh coat of paint, though!
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Just needs a coat of paint.
Fiction book (1995) -
Now I want to get a coat of paint on all of that.
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Yeah, just needs a fresh coat of paint.
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It's just had a new coat of paint!
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Once every seven or eight years, one or two sides of the house got a coat of paint.
Fiction book (1990) -
The church needed a coat of paint.
Fiction book (1999) -
Could use a new coat of paint and a new roof, and a lot of other things.
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Rooms that look drab and gloomy can get a nice pick-me-up from a fresh coat of paint.
Blog text (13) -
The old fence looks better after we applied a fresh coat of paint.
Synonyms
92
2.5
A thin layer of material spread over a surface
35
3.4
A layer of material that covers a surface to protect or decorate it
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6.7
A thin layer of paint or color spread lightly on a surface
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2.4
A new layer of paint that makes a surface look newer
A thin, watery paint layer applied before the final coat to help it stick
A protective layer like paint put on top of a surface to keep it safe
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'coat' here denotes a layer and combined with 'paint' via the genitive 'of' yields the clear compositional meaning 'a layer of paint'. This construction is a common, cross-linguistically shared pattern (e.g., Spanish 'capa de pintura', French 'couche de peinture'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Coat of paint compares paint to a coat of clothing: just as you put on one coat to cover your body, a painter puts on one layer of paint to cover a surface. So, a coat of paint means 'a single layer of paint'.