lab coat
nounDefinition of lab coat
: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical facility
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Being ordered around or, worse, looked at in a certain tone of voice by their executive-class family members or men in white lab coats, well and surely did. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "Black Women Canât Bridge the Gender Gap Alone: raceAhead," 22 Aug. 2019 Last week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two conservators in lab coats struggled with a glove. — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, "Tulle Bombs and Tiny Gloves: How Two Conservators Dressed a Mannequin in Tomo Koizumi for âCamp: Notes on Fashionâ," 8 May 2019 On the last day of May, Fost steps off the street and onto the wooden floor boards at Montage, a 26-year-old restaurant known for its servers in lab coats, its late (all-ages) hours and the fanciful aluminum foil animals fashioned for leftovers. — Michael Russell, oregonlive.com, "How restaurant inspectors determine which Portland kitchens pass â and fail â their inspections," 11 July 2019 Photos posted on The Journal News and social media show police blocking the entrance to the hospital and workers in lab coats and scrubs gathered outside it. — Fox News, "The Latest: Husband killed wife, himself over her illness," 8 Aug. 2018 Their appearance was theatrical: Favors and Mr. Jarman wore face paint and flamboyant robes, Bowie usually donned a white lab coat, and Mr. Mitchell often wore business suits. — Martin Johnson, WSJ, "âThe Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensemblesâ Review: First-Rate Riffs From the Second City," 3 Dec. 2018 From there, cheesemakers clad in white lab coats and hair nets start the pasteurizing process, running the milk through high temperatures for a short time. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "Connected to the Craft," 3 Dec. 2018 The leader visited Pyongyang Chidrenâs Foodstuff Factory in 2014 wearing a large furry hat and lab coat while holding a package of food. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Kim Jong Un's bizarre North Korea propaganda photos," 13 Aug. 2018 The women introduced new aesthetic choices to note â such as the fact that nearly all of them wore square-cut, collarless jackets or brightly colored blazers, occasionally long enough to suggest a lab coat. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "Silicon Valley brings its âhumanist,â âminimalistâ aesthetic to Brooklyn.," 31 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lab coat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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