Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oilcoat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oil-coat
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oilskin coat.

Example Sentences

"Prepared for the rain with rubber boots and oilcoats, we pulled towards the head of the bay, before the wind and on a flowing tide, […]"

Etymology

From oil + coat.

Inflected Forms

oilcoats (plural)

Questions

What does oilcoat mean?: An oilskin coat.
Where does oilcoat come from?: From oil + coat.

How to pronounce oilcoat

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