Meanings
plural undercoats
- 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.
2022 November 30, David Staines, “The colourful Class 69s”, in RAIL, page 54 - obsoleteA coat for wearing indoors, under an overcoat.
present singular third person undercoats · participle present undercoating · participle past undercoated · past undercoated
- transitiveTo apply an undercoat to (something).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer.
More synonyms by meaning
nounseal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
nounthe first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Germanic*kuttô
- Latincotta
- Old Frenchcotte
- Middle Englishcote
- Englishcoat
- Englishundercoat
Translations
Bulgarian подкосъм
- подкосъм (podkosăm)layer of soft hair
Finnish aluskarva, pohjamaali (primer)
- aluskarvalayer of soft hair
- pohjamaali (primer)coat of paint applied before a topcoat
- välimaalicoat of paint applied before a topcoat
French sous-couche
- sous-couchecoat of paint applied before a topcoat
Hungarian alapozó, alapozó festék/réteg
- alapozócoat of paint applied before a topcoat
- alapozó festék/rétegcoat of paint applied before a topcoat
- alaprétegcoat of paint applied before a topcoat
- alapozáscoat of paint applied before a topcoat
Indonesian cat dasar
- cat dasarcoat of paint applied before a topcoat
Irish fo-bhrat
- fo-bhratcoat of paint applied before a topcoat
Māori kiriwai
- kiriwaicoat of paint applied before a topcoat
Polish podszerstek, podkład
- podszersteklayer of soft hair
- podkładcoat of paint applied before a topcoat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with undercoat
Anagrams
Cite this entry
undercoat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercoat
“undercoat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercoat. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undercoat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercoat.
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