coachnoun/kəʊtʃ/

• 1

  A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

  • I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?
• 2

  rail-transportrailwaystransportA passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.

• 3

  A trainer or instructor.

  • football coach
  • spelling coach
• 4

  A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

• 5

  nauticaltransportThe forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.

  • The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach.
• 6

  The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.

  • We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.
• 7

  The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

coachverb/kəʊtʃ/

• 1

  hobbieslifestylesportsTo train.

• 2

  To instruct; to train.

  • She has coached many opera stars.
• 3

  To study under a tutor.

• 4

  To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).

  • Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters
• 5

  To convey in a coach.

  • The needy poet sticks to all he meets, Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast. And carried off in some dog's tail at last

coachadv/kəʊtʃ/

• 1

  Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.

  • John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.