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 Definitions of jacket  [ˈdʒæk ɪt]  

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Definition of 'jacket' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'jacket' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'jacket' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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.


Definition of 'jacket' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'jacket' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a short coat
He wore brown trousers and a blue jacket.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: baadjie, py, jakkie, jekk Arabic flag Arabic: سُتْرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жакет
Brazilian flag Brazilian: casaco Czech flag Czech: sako German flag German: die Jacke
Danish flag Danish: jakke Greek flag Greek: σακάκι Spanish flag Spanish: chaqueta
Estonian flag Estonian: jakk Farsi flag Farsi: کت؛ نیم تنه Finnish flag Finnish: takki
French flag French: veston Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִקטוֹרֶן Hindi flag Hindi: जाकेट
Croatian flag Croatian: jakna Hungarian flag Hungarian: zakó Indonesian flag Indonesian: jaket
Icelandic flag Icelandic: jakki Italian flag Italian: giacca, giacchetta Japanese flag Japanese: 上衣
Korean flag Korean: 재킷 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: švarkas Latvian flag Latvian: jaka;žakete
Malay flag Malay: jaket Dutch flag Dutch: jasje Norwegian flag Norwegian: jakke
Polish flag Polish: marynarka Persian flag Persian: کت؛ نیم تنه Pashto flag Pashto: كرتۍ، جاكټ، دژووپوست، دپټ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: casaco Romanian flag Romanian: vestă Russian flag Russian: куртка
Slovak flag Slovak: sako Slovenian flag Slovenian: jopič Serbian flag Serbian: žaket
Swedish flag Swedish: jacka, kavaj, blazer Thai flag Thai: เสื้อชั้นนอก Turkish flag Turkish: ceket
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 短外套 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жакет; куртка Urdu flag Urdu: ایک چھوٹا آستینوں والا کو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: áo vét Chinese flag Chinese: 短上衣,夹克

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