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a piece of clothing that you wear over your other clothes when you are outside

Put your coat on — it's cold today.

the hair or fur that covers an animal a dog with a smooth coat

a layer of something that covers a surface a coat of paint

coat 2 / kout / verb ( coats , coat • ing , coat • ed )

to put a thin covering of something over another thing Their shoes were coated with mud.

coat hang • er / ' kout |h®gsr / noun [ count ]

another word for hanger

cob • web / ' kabweb / noun [ count ]

a net, especially one that is old and full of dust, that a spider made to catch insects

cock • pit / ' kakpit / noun [ count ]

the part of an airplane where the pilot sits

cock • roach / ' kakroutj/ noun [ count ] ( plural cock • roach • es ) ( also informal roach )

a large brown insect that you find in houses, especially dirty ones

cock • tail / kakteil / noun [ count ]

a drink usually made of alcohol mixed with fruit juices or other types of drinks a cocktail party

co • coa / koukou / noun

[ noncount ] a dark brown powder made from the seeds (called cocoa bean s ) of a tree that grows in hot countries. Cocoa is used in making chocolate.

[ count, noncount ] a drink of hot milk mixed with this powder

a cup of cocoa

co • co •nut / ' kouksnAt / noun [ count ]

cod / kad / noun [ count ] ( plural cod ) a large fish that lives in the ocean and that you can eat

a large fruit that grows on trees in hot countries. Coconuts are brown and hard on the outside, and they have sweet white food and liquid inside.

codeaw п / koud / noun

[ count, noncount ] a way of writing secret messages, using letters, numbers, or special signs

The list of names was written in code .

[ count ] a group of numbers or letters that helps you find something

a bar code (= a pattern of lines printed on things that you buy, that a computer can read )

— Look at area code , zip code .

[ count ] a set of rules for a group of people

Does your school have a dress code (= a set of rules about what you are allowed to wear ) ?

cof .fee Ф/ 'kofi/ noun

[ noncount ] a brown powder made from the seeds (called coffee beans ) of a tree that grows in hot countries. You use it for making a drink.

[ noncount ] a drink made by adding hot water to this powder

Would you like coffee or tea? a cup of coffee

[ count ] a cup of this drink Two large coffees, please. Word building

Black coffee has no milk in it.

Decaffeinated coffee, also called decaf , has had the caffeine taken out.

cof • fee shop / ' kofi Jap / noun [ count ]

a small, informal restaurant that serves cheap meals, coffee, and other drinks

cof • fee ta • ble / ' kofi ,teibi / noun [ count ]

a small, low table that you put magazines, cups, or other similar things on

cof • fin / ' Ыэп / noun [ count ]

a box that a dead person's body is put in

co • her • ent aw / kou ' hirent / Я

clear, organized, and easy to understand a coherent argument —ANTONYM incoherent ►co • her • ent • ly AWL / kou 'hirentli / adverb

coil 1 / koil / verb ( coils , coil . ing , coiled )

to make something into a lot of circles that are joined together

The snake coiled itself around a branch.

coil2 / koil/ noun [ count ]

a long piece of rope or wire that goes around in circles a coil of rope

COin Ф / bin / noun [ count ]

a piece of money made of metal

The soda machine takes both bills and coins.

—Look at the picture at money .

co • in • cideaw / ,kouin ' said /

( co . in . cides , co . in . cid . ing , co . in . cid . ed )

to happen at the same time as something else

My trip to Cape Cod coincided with the president's visit.

to be the same or very similar Our views coincide completely.

co • in • ci • dence aw / kou ' /

[count]

two or more similar things happening at the same time or in the same place by chance, in a surprising way What a coincidence! I was just thinking about you when you called!

co •in • ci • den • tal aw / koU|Insэ ' dentl /

adjective