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undercoat

  • /ˈʌndɚˌkoʊt/ US

Rhymes with -əʊt

noun undercoats

  1. A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
  2. A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer. The conversion process is carried out by Progress Rail at Longport, from where they are dispatched in undercoat to Eastleigh for final painting.

    Opposite: topcoat, overcoat

  3. obsolete A coat for wearing indoors, under an overcoat.

verb undercoats · undercoating · undercoated

  1. transitive To apply an undercoat to (something).

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noun coat of paint applied before a topcoat

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@misc{undercoat_2026,
  title = {undercoat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undercoat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}