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Princeton's WordNet

  1. book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket, dust wrappernoun

    a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed

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  1. dust jacketnoun

    The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide blurb

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  1. Dust jacket

    The dust jacket (sometimes book jacket, dust wrapper or dust cover) of a book is the detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations. This outer cover has folded flaps that hold it to the front and back book covers. Dust jackets originally displayed cover information on top of a simple binding, at a time when it was not feasible to print directly onto the binding. The role of a dust jacket has been largely supplanted by modern hardcover printing technologies, which prints such information directly onto the binding. Modern dust covers still serve to display promotional material and shield the book from damage. The back panel or flaps of the dust cover are printed with biographical information about the author, a summary of the book from the publisher (known as a blurb) or critical praise from celebrities or authorities in the book's subject area. The information on the dust jacket often resembles that of the binding but may have additional promotions about an edition, and the information on the flaps is not typically copied onto the binding. The dust jacket protects the book covers from damage. However, since it is itself relatively fragile, and since dust jackets have practical, aesthetic, and sometimes financial value, the jacket may in turn be wrapped in another jacket, usually transparent, especially if the book is a library volume.

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  1. dust jacket

    A dust jacket is a detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations, that is designed to protect the binding of a book from wear and tear, dust, and other potential damages. It often contains information about the book such as its title, author, summary, and reviews.

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  1. Dust jacket

    The dust jacket of a book is the detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations. This outer cover has folded flaps that hold it to the front and back book covers. Often the back panel or flaps are printed with biographical information about the author, a summary of the book from the publisher, critical praise from celebrities or authorities in the book's subject area. In addition to its promotional role, the dust jacket protects the book covers from damage. However, since it is itself relatively fragile, and since dust jackets have practical, aesthetic, and sometimes financial value, the jacket may in turn be wrapped in another jacket, usually transparent, especially if the book is a library volume.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dust jacket in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dust jacket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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