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ɪt noun
1.
a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
2.
something designed to be placed around the upper part of the body for a specific purpose other than use as clothing: a life jacket.
3.
a protective outer covering.
4.
the skin of a potato, especially when it has been cooked.
5.
6.
the cover of a paperbound book, usually bearing an illustration.
7.
a paper or cardboard envelope for protecting a phonograph record.
8.
a metal casing, as the steel covering of a cannon, the steel cover around the core of a bullet, or the water jacket on certain types of machine guns.
9.
a folded paper or open envelope containing an official document.
verb (used with object)
10.
to put a jacket on (someone or something).
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jacket (ˈdʒækɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a short coat, esp one that is hip-length and has a front opening and sleeves |
| 2. | something that resembles this or is designed to be worn around the upper part of the body: a life jacket |
| 3. | any exterior covering or casing, such as the insulating cover of a boiler |
| 4. | the part of the cylinder block of an internal-combustion engine that encloses the coolant |
| 5. | See dust jacket |
| 6. | a. the skin of a baked potato |
| b. (as modifier): jacket potatoes | |
| 7. | a metal casing used in certain types of ammunition |
| 8. | (US) Brit name: sleeve a cover to protect a gramophone record |
| 9. | chiefly (US) a folder or envelope to hold documents |
| —vb | |
| 10. | (tr) to put a jacket on (someone or something) |
| [C15: from Old French jaquet short jacket, from jacque peasant, from proper name Jacques James] | |
| 'jacketed | |
| —adj | |
| 'jacket-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
jacket
mid-15c., from M.Fr. jaquet, dim. of O.Fr. jaque, a kind of tunic, probably from Jacque, the male proper name, also the generic name of a French peasant (see jacquerie), but possibly associated with jaque (de mailles) "short, tight-fitting coat," originally "coat of mail,"
from Sp. jaco, from Arabic shakk "breastplate." Iakke "a short, close-fitting upper garment" is attested in English from late 14c. Meaning "paper wrapper of a book" is first attested 1894.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
jacket jack·et (jāk'ĭt)
n.
A fixed bandage applied around the body to immobilize the spine.
An artificial crown of a tooth composed of fired porcelain or acrylic resin.
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Example sentences
The trousers held a little penknife and some silver, and the side-pocket of his jacket contained an old crocodile-skin cigar-case.
The frock coat full of wadding, cut close to pull the figure into shape, gradually gave way to a looser but still precise jacket.
The picture on the jacket shows dark waves on deep water with a distant suburban shoreline.
Each of the supplicants needed something from him:a charitable donation, a book jacket, a signature on an unsigned work.
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