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# raincoat

«raincoat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a waterproof coat that you wear to keep dry in the rain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a raincoat, raincoats)

### meaning for a pupil

A raincoat is a waterproof coat that you wear to keep dry in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and weather lessons: "Wear your raincoat, it's raining." In science: raincoats are made from waterproof materials (testing which materials are waterproof). Related words: anorak, mac, rain jacket, wellies (rain boots).

### examples

- Put on your raincoat; it's pouring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#x1)
- My raincoat has a hood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#x2)
- We tested which material would make the best raincoat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#x3)
- Her yellow raincoat kept her dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#x4)
- Hang your wet raincoat on the peg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#x5)
- I forgot my raincoat and got soaked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#x6)
- Raincoats are made of waterproof material. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/#x7)

### note

Countable: a raincoat. It is a compound: rain + coat. In the UK also called a "mac"; in the USA also "slicker".

### In the corpora

- [The weather can change during the day, so a jumper or raincoat is packed when the forecast says so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «raincoat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raincoat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.