TOPCOAT

greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat

(noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

topcoat (plural topcoats)

A light overcoat.

A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.

Verb

topcoat (third-person singular simple present topcoats, present participle topcoating, simple past and past participle topcoated)

(transitive) To apply a topcoat to.

Source: Wiktionary


Top"coat`, n.

Definition: An outer coat; an overcoat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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