Used in a Sentence

coats

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for coats.

Editorial note

That's because it is from Lord Baltimore's family's coats of arms - look up Crossland and Calvert coats of arms.

Examples16
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of coats gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for coats.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

1

That's because it is from Lord Baltimore's family's coats of arms - look up Crossland and Calvert coats of arms.

2

If you are talking about everyone wearing electric coats and blankets and their AC equivalents, forget about it.

3

My complain is that most of them use white coats, so they look like Chemistry/Biology/Medical scientific.

4

Poor students from warmer places are unlikely to own a sufficient range of coats and hats.

5

Is there a standardized or widespread character set with company logos or coats of arms?

6

The things that do the job of an umbrella while looking like a hat or coat are actually just hats and coats.

7

Some, of course had turned their coats already at the time of repeal.

8

I take crap at work for wearing sport coats and pants made of wool.

9

Some of those coats look fit to last a lifetime.

10

Foxes will change their coats but not their ways.

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But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats.

12

I ended up with one of those colorful coats so I could go down to the trading floor and swear at our computers there.

Quote examples

1

All cubes must have a visitor chair preferably 2 or 3, although people "illegally" stacked manuals or threw coats on their chairs if they wanted to keep people out.

2

> If you do an image search of the word "scientist," you will likely get a flood of pictures of mostly white males wearing lab coats.

3

I found the Google's goofy "people in lab coats destroy Chromebooks in amusing ways" ads (conveying the concept that no data is lost) pretty compelling; too bad Chromebooks are so limited even today.

4

I have a "poor man's" version of that: an 8 inch tablet (both my winter and summer coats have large inner pockets!) with a bluetooth keyboard & mouse and a simple stand for when I need/want to use it more like a laptop.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use coats in a sentence?

That's because it is from Lord Baltimore's family's coats of arms - look up Crossland and Calvert coats of arms.

What does coats mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is coats?

coats is commonly used as noun.