jacket

Pluraljackets

Formsjackets, jacketing, jacketed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A short coat worn over a shirt to keep you warm or dry.

   She zipped up her jacket before going outside.

   He hung his jacket on the back of the chair.

   Similarcoat

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The coat part of a suit, worn over a shirt with matching pants.

   He wore a dark jacket with matching pants to the interview.

   She buttoned her suit jacket before the meeting.

   Similarcoat

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A cover that protects or insulates something, like a book or a water tank.

   Like a cozy blanket wrapped around a hot water tank to keep the heat in.

   The library put a clear plastic jacket on every new book.

   A foam jacket keeps the water tank from losing heat.

   Similarcasing, sheath, covering, shell, sleeve

4. 4
   nouncountable

   The thick outer skin of a potato that has been baked whole.

   She loves to eat the crispy jacket of a baked potato.

   He scooped out the inside and left the jacket on his plate.

   Similarskin, peel

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To wrap or cover something with a protective layer.

   Workers jacket the pipes to stop them from freezing.

   They jacket each cable in thick rubber for safety.

   Similarencase, sheathe, wrap, insulate, cover

   Oppositestrip

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6. 6
   verbtransitive

   To put someone into a straitjacket so they cannot move.

   Guards had to jacket the violent prisoner for his own safety.

   Doctors used to jacket patients who became a danger to themselves.

   Similarstraitjacket

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A strong metal band that wraps around a gun barrel to make it stronger.

   The old cannon had a thick iron jacket around its barrel.

   A steel jacket kept the gun barrel from bursting under pressure.

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8. 8
   nounslangcountable

   The record police keep of someone's arrests and convictions.

   The detective pulled his jacket to check for past arrests.

   She had a clean jacket and no prior convictions.

   Similarrecord, file

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9. 9
   noundialectalAppalachiacountable

   A short top with no sleeves, worn over a shirt and often under a coat.

   Under his coat he wore a snug, sleeveless jacket over his shirt.

   The waiter's uniform included a black jacket with no sleeves.

   Similarvest, waistcoat

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10. 10
    nounJamaicacountable

    A child whose real father is not the man who believes he is the father.

    Village gossip claimed the boy was a jacket, not the farmer's son.

    She raised the jacket as her husband's own, saying nothing.

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