Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coating

/ˈkoʊtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: coat-ing
IPA: /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin outer layer.

noun

Cloth for making coats.

Archaic

noun

A telling-off; a reprimand.

Slang

verb

present participle and gerund of coat

Example Sentences

"They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather."
""Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages."
"You can, if you like, give the completed cork wall a protective coating of sealer, stain, varnish, wax or polish, so you will be able to use liquid cleaners on it."
"The bogey gave him a right coating."
"We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/
British English: /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

coatings (plural)

Derived Forms

biocoating electrocoating mouthcoating multicoating nanocoating

Phrases

covert-coating curtain coating powder coating sputter coating

Synonyms

application covering coat finish finishing

Homonyms

coding

Rhymes With

voting promoting floating noting quoting boating devoting denoting toting bloating gloating doting

Questions

How do you pronounce coating?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/.
What does coating mean?: A thin outer layer.

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