raincoat

«raincoat» in Mova's school dictionary: a waterproof coat that you wear to keep dry in the rain — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a raincoat, raincoats)

meaning for a pupil

A raincoat is a waterproof coat that you wear to keep dry in the rain. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and weather lessons: "Wear your raincoat, it's raining." In science: raincoats are made from waterproof materials (testing which materials are waterproof). Related words: anorak, mac, rain jacket, wellies (rain boots).

examples

• Put on your raincoat; it's pouring. tree →
• My raincoat has a hood. tree →
• We tested which material would make the best raincoat. tree →
• Her yellow raincoat kept her dry. tree →
• Hang your wet raincoat on the peg. tree →
• I forgot my raincoat and got soaked. tree →
• Raincoats are made of waterproof material. tree →

note

Countable: a raincoat. It is a compound: rain + coat. In the UK also called a "mac"; in the USA also "slicker".

In the corpora

• The weather can change during the day, so a jumper or raincoat is packed when the forecast says so.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «raincoat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.