coating
/ˈkoʊtɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of coat; covering something with a layer.
- They spent the afternoon coating the wooden deck with waterproof sealant.
- The machine is coating each pill with a sugary shell.
- She is coating the chicken pieces in breadcrumbs before frying them.
noun
- A thin layer or covering applied to a surface.
- The chocolate coating on the ice cream bar cracked when I bit into it.
- A fresh coating of paint made the old fence look new again.
- The non-stick coating on this frying pan is starting to wear off.
- A layer of something that naturally covers a surface.
- A thin coating of frost covered the car windshield this morning.
- Dust had formed a gray coating on the bookshelf.
- The tongue's coating can sometimes indicate health problems.