Coat vs Laminate - What's the difference?
coat | laminate | Synonyms |
(lb) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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*:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days.Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
(lb) A covering of material, such as paint.(w)
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
(lb) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
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Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
(lb) A petticoat.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:a child in coats
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She was sought by spirits of richest coat .
A coat of arms.(w)
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .
A coat card.
*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
*:Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
To cover with a coat of some material
To cover as a coat.
To assemble from thin sheets glued together.
* We'll laminate the piece of wood with grain going in different directions to make a really strong hull for the boat.
To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.
To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
As nouns the difference between coat and laminate
is that coat is an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wplaminate is material formed of thin sheets glued together.As verbs the difference between coat and laminate
is that coat is to cover with a coat of some material while laminate is to assemble from thin sheets glued together.As an adjective laminate is
consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.coat
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
Derived terms
* buffy coat * coat of arms * greatcoat * covert-coat * overcoatVerb
(en verb)- One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.