The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat
(noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
topcoat (plural topcoats)
A light overcoat.
A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.