Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wooden coat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: wood-en -coat
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of coffin.

Informal

Example Sentences

"A wooden coat, six feet of earth, Is all that he deserves."
"Let all those that are suffering from any complaint or disease, and who are anxious to regain health and escape a wooden coat consult an experienced and successful practitioner"
"Each of us will want one, be he beggar, policeman, prince or boyar ; everyone, sooner or later, will parade in such a wooden coat."
"'My next goddam coat,' he said, 'will be a wooden coat'. . . . Now he was being measured for his wooden coat,"

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

wooden coats (plural) wooden overcoat (alternative) wooden surtout (alternative)

Synonyms

coffin

Questions

What does wooden coat mean?: Synonym of coffin.

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