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coated

adjective
 
 
/ˈkəʊ.tɪd/ US  /ˈkoʊ.t̬ɪd/

Definition

thickly covered: Your trousers are coated in mud!Covering and adding layers If your tongue is coated, it is covered with a layer of a greyish-white substance, often because you are ill.Disease and illness - general words
(Definition of coated adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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