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Jacket

Jacket Meaning & Definition
Jacket Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jacket?

[n] a short coat
[n] an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
[n] the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
[n] (dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or decayed tooth
[n] the outer skin of a potato
[v] put a jacket on
[v] provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jacket: jacket crown

Related Terms | Find terms related to Jacket: backing | bandage | bandaging | bark | bibliopegy | binder | binder board | binding | blazer | blouse | body coat | bolero | bomber jacket | bonnet | book cloth | book cover | book jacket | bookbinding | bookcase | boot | bran | breech | cap | capsule | capuchin | car coat | case | casemaking | casing-in | chaff | chaqueta | chesterfield | claw hammer | claw-hammer coat | cloak | coat | coif | collating | collating mark | corn shuck | cornhusk | cover | cutaway coat | cuticle | dermis | dinner jacket | doublet | dress coat | duffel | dust cover | dust jacket | envelope | envelopment | Eton jacket | fell | fingertip coat | fitted coat | fleece | flesh | folding | footband | frock | frock coat | fur | furring | gathering | gift wrapping | gluing-off | gown | greatcoat | hard binding | hat | headband | hide | hood | hull | husk | imitation fur | imitation leather | integument | jerkin | jumper | jupe | leather | leather paper | Leatherette | Leatheroid | library binding | lining | lining-up | loden coat | mackinaw | mantle | Mao jacket | mechanical binding | mess jacket | midicoat | monkey jacket | niggerhead | outer layer | outer skin | overcoat | palea | parka | pea jacket | peel | pelt | peltry | perfect binding | plastic binding | pod | rawhide | reefer | rind | rounding | sack | saddle stitching | san benito | sewing | sheath | shell | shirt | shoe | shuck | side sewing | signature | ski jacket | skin | skins | sleeve waistcoat | slipcase | slipcover | smashing | smoking jacket | Smyth sewing | sock | soft binding | spiketail coat | spiral binding | stamping | stapling | stocking | swallowtail | tabard | tail coat | tailband | tails | tegument | tipping | topcoat | trimming | vair | watch coat | windbreaker | wire stitching | woolly | wrap | wrapper | wrapping

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Jacket In Webster's Dictionary

\Jack"et\, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d {Jack}, n.] 1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts. 2. 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. (Mil.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and re["e]nforcing the tube in which the charge is fired. 4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also {cork jacket}. {Blue jacket}. (Naut.) See under {Blue}. {Steam jacket}, a space filled with steam between an inner and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle. {To dust one's jacket}, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]
\Jack"et\, v. t. 1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket. 2. To thrash; to beat. [Low]

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