lab coat

noun

: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical facility

Examples of lab coat in a Sentence

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Jared Padalecki may soon trade in his fire jacket for a lab coat. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 14 Jan. 2025 Hall, who has short salt-and-pepper hair and often wears a lab coat, originally trained as a physicist. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city's water crisis in 2015, strode across the waiting room in her white lab coat, eyes laser-focused on the chubby baby in the lap of an unsuspecting parent. Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024 The officers performing these duties do so in a lab coat and the proper personal protective equipment, Huling said. Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lab coat 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lab coat was in 1895

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“Lab coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab%20coat. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

lab coat

noun
: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn by personnel in a laboratory, medical office, or hospital

Medical Definition

lab coat

noun
: a thin, loose, usually white, knee-length coat with deep pockets that is typically worn in a laboratory or medical office
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