black coat
Formal dark garment
A black coat is simply a coat that is black in color, though the phrase sometimes carries specific connotations.
Historically, black coat referred to clergy or other professionals who wore dark formal attire as part of their station.
In veterinary contexts, it describes an animal's dark fur: The lab has a glossy black coat.
- blazerSemiformal tailored jacket
- overcoatLong warm outer garment
- dark suitConservative men's outfit
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- funeral directorProfessional handling burial arrangements
raven · panther · parka · noir · film noir · mourning · priest · crow · mortician · pallbearer · jaguar · goth · authority · mystery · cape · wool · coachman · detective
- horseshorse, mare, mares, stallion, stallions
- cat traitstabby pattern, claws, long-haired, short-haired, meowing
- Quaker clothingplain dress, broad-brimmed hat, homespun cloth, gray wool, white cap
- funeral clothburial shroud, funeral shroud, death shroud, shroud, white shroud
- Belgian ShepherdsBelgian Malinois, Malinois
- animal geneticsallele, chromosome, dominant gene, recessive gene, dominant traits
weight/warmth
black coatlight jacket
Uninsulated outer layer
windbreaker · cardigan · shrug · linen jacket · white blouse
formality
black coatsports jacket
Casual tailored outerwear
denim jacket · hoodie · fleece jacket · puffer jacket · track jacket