Definitions for overcoat

overcoat o·ver·coat

Spelling: [noun oh-ver-koht; verb oh-ver-koht,
IPA: /noun ˈoʊ vərˌkoʊt; verb ˌoʊ vərˈkoʊt, ˈoʊ vərˌkoʊt/

Overcoat is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in overcoat (aceoortv).

Definitions for overcoat

noun

  1. a coat worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as in cold weather.
  2. Also called overcoating. an added coating, as of paint, applied for protection.
  3. a short story (1842) by Gogol.

verb (used with object)

  1. to apply an additional coat of paint to (a surface).

Origin of overcoat

First recorded in 1795-1805; over- + coat

Examples for overcoat

The piece of overcoat with the address sewn on was certainly not a thing to leave about.

In his case it was a huge winter overcoat that must have weighed fifteen pounds.

At eleven I put on my hat and overcoat and went out into the rain.

Mr Verloc, against his usual practice, had thrown off his overcoat.

I have an overcoat I bought in Jermyn Street in London three years ago.

That night, he heads out into the bitter cold in a suit and overcoat to make his rounds of a sleepy neighborhood down the road.

Mr. Bush turned to me and urgently said he needed his overcoat.

He threw his overcoat into a chair, and touched the brass knobs behind the door.

As was his custom, he wore no overcoat, but a short sweater under his coat.

Of course, the overcoat may not have been his, and may even have been stolen.

Word Value for overcoat
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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