undercoat

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Recent Examples of undercoat Breeds with thick, layered undercoats are naturally winter-ready—but most dogs don’t fall into this category. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Nov. 2025 These brushes can penetrate all the way to your dog’s undercoat. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025 Well, for starters, cashmere comes from the downy undercoat of specific breeds of goats. Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025 The $1,850 scarves start with 400 grams of raw cashmere sheared from the undercoat of high-altitude hircus goats. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undercoat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercoat
Noun
  • The victim appeared to be middle-aged and was wearing a dark colored hooded coat.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Martha Stewart, who introduced her followers to the tradition in 2005, resurrected the dessert a few days ago on Instagram with a photo of a cake expertly decorated with chocolate curls mimicking a lamb’s wooly coat.
    Lisa Gutierrez April 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As a crochet designer with nearly a decade of stitching experience, seeing the fiber art make its runway return warms my yarn-loving heart in a way only wool can (IYKYK).
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Orta is the first denim mill to adopt Archroma’s FiberColors, an innovative dye range partially derived from recycled wool waste.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The first coat is often dense underfur packed closely against the skin, like a warm base layer.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 30 June 2022
  • The visitor center and gift shop are in a historic Matanuska Colony barn where visitors can purchase garments woven from qiviut, the underfur that combed from the musk ox.
    Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2018

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“Undercoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercoat. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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