coating

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ]

Noun

coating (plural coatings)

1. A thin outer layer.

   They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.

2. (archaic) Cloth for making coats.
3. (police slang) A telling-off; a reprimand.
   • 1931, The Police Journal (volume 4, page 501)

     The bogey gave him a right coating.

Translations

• French: couche, pellicule, enrobage
• German: Beschichtung
• Portuguese: camada
• Russian: слой
• Spanish: capa, recubrimiento

Verb

1. present participle of coat#English|coat

   We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.

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