as in overcoat
a warm outdoor coat
threw on a wool topcoat and headed out into the snow
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Recent Examples of topcoat
Continue to add a bit of festive bling to your nails this spring with glitter topcoats and/or layers of tiny crystals.
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Sophia Panych, Allure, 13 Mar. 2025
But whether or not Carpenter feels more comfortable in long or short nails, one thing is clear (besides her topcoat): Her signature style looks fabulous on any length.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
Finishes like polyurethane, varnish, or laminate add a protective topcoat to your cabinets to protect them from substances like grease.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Carrying over from the street style in Milan just one week earlier, lean topcoats ruled again, still with the emphasis put on heritage prints like checks, pinstripes and houndstooth, which added a dash of debonair to utility clothes in denim and leather.
—Alex Badia, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025
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Sophia Panych, Allure, 13 Mar. 2025
But whether or not Carpenter feels more comfortable in long or short nails, one thing is clear (besides her topcoat): Her signature style looks fabulous on any length.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
Finishes like polyurethane, varnish, or laminate add a protective topcoat to your cabinets to protect them from substances like grease.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Carrying over from the street style in Milan just one week earlier, lean topcoats ruled again, still with the emphasis put on heritage prints like checks, pinstripes and houndstooth, which added a dash of debonair to utility clothes in denim and leather.
—Alex Badia, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topcoat
Noun
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Swift stunned in all black with her Chanel overcoat, wool jersey jumpsuit and pearly chain belt.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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LaBelle wore an elegant silk V-neck emerald green top with a magenta overcoat.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
6 July 2025
Noun
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The warm taupe color seamlessly takes this top from summer to fall, especially when layered with a jean jacket or long cardigan.—
Claire Gallam,
Travel + Leisure,
30 July 2025
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However, Charlotte had been secretly recording him the whole time so by the end of the movie, the authorities break in to arrest Hal, who subsequently steals Happy’s three-month sobriety coin, recreating the scene in which Shooter stole Happy’s gold jacket in the first film.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Nowhere was this more evident than at Burberry, where trenches, greatcoats, and rain capes in deep earth tones reasserted the house’s mastery of protection from the elements.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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Tommy’s security guards wear SS-style greatcoats by Sarafina Bush.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2024
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“Topcoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topcoat. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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