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1. (n.) jacket
a short coat, in any of various forms, usu. opening down the front.
2. jacket
a garmentlike article designed to be placed around the body for some use other than as clothing.
3. jacket
a protective outer covering.
4. jacket
the skin of a potato, esp. when it has been cooked.
5. jacket
a removable paper cover for protecting the binding of a book, usu. bearing the title and author's name.
6. jacket
an envelope, holder, or cover of cardboard or paper, as for a phonograph record or a document.
7. jacket
a metal casing, as the steel covering around the barrel of a gun or the core of a bullet.
8. (v.t.) jacket
to put a jacket on.
Etymology: (1425–75; jaket < MF ja(c)quet=jaque(s) jacket, short, plain upper garment, prob. after jacques peasant (see Jacquerie ) +-et -et)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) jacket
a short coat
2. (noun) jacket
an outer wrapping or casing
"phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
3. (noun) crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
"tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
4. (noun) jacket
the outer skin of a potato
5. (verb) jacket
the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
6. (verb) jacket
provide with a thermally non-conducting cover
"The tubing needs to be jacketed"
7. (verb) jacket
put a jacket on
"The men were jacketed"
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1. (noun) jacket
a piece of clothing for the upper body, worn for protection from weather
a winter jacket
2. jacket
a cover on a book
He removed the jacket from the book.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) jacket
a short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts
2. (noun) jacket
an outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc
3. (noun) jacket
in ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired
4. (noun) jacket
a garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket
5. (verb) jacket
to put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket
6. (verb) jacket
to thrash; to beat
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Sense: a short coat
He wore brown trousers and a blue jacket.
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 Afrikaans: baadjie, py, jakkie, jekk |
 Arabic: سُتْرَه |
 Bulgarian: жакет |
 Brazilian: casaco |
 Czech: sako |
 German: die Jacke |
 Danish: jakke |
 Greek: σακάκι |
 Spanish: chaqueta |
 Estonian: jakk |
 Farsi: کت؛ نیم تنه |
 Finnish: takki |
 French: veston |
 Hebrew: מִקטוֹרֶן |
 Hindi: जाकेट |
 Croatian: jakna |
 Hungarian: zakó |
 Indonesian: jaket |
 Icelandic: jakki |
 Italian: giacca, giacchetta |
 Japanese: 上衣 |
 Korean: 재킷 |
 Lithuanian: švarkas |
 Latvian: jaka;žakete |
 Malay: jaket |
 Dutch: jasje |
 Norwegian: jakke |
 Polish: marynarka |
 Persian: کت؛ نیم تنه |
 Pashto: كرتۍ، جاكټ، دژووپوست، دپټ |
 Portuguese: casaco |
 Romanian: vestă |
 Russian: куртка |
 Slovak: sako |
 Slovenian: jopič |
 Serbian: žaket |
 Swedish: jacka, kavaj, blazer |
 Thai: เสื้อชั้นนอก |
 Turkish: ceket |
 Taiwanese: 短外套 |
 Ukrainian: жакет; куртка |
 Urdu: ایک چھوٹا آستینوں والا کو |
 Vietnamese: áo vét |
 Chinese: 短上衣，夹克 |
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