Definition of jacket Jacket
/ʤæˈkʌt/ - [jakut] - jack•et
We found 24 definitions of jacket from 8 different sources.
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WordNet
NounPlural: jackets |
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| jacket - a short coat | ||
| coat growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | ||
| banian, banyan a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India | ||
| bed jacket a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed) | ||
| blazer, sport coat, sport jacket, sports coat, sports jacket lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school | ||
| bolero a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets | ||
| bomber jacket a jacket gathered into a band at the waist | ||
| bush jacket a loose fitting jacket; resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt | ||
| dolman jacket, dolman a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves | ||
| donkey jacket a short thick jacket; often worn by workmen | ||
| double-breasted jacket a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons | ||
| doublet a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance | ||
| dressing sack, dressing sacque a woman's loose jacket; worn while dressing | ||
| eton jacket a jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom | ||
| hug-me-tight a woman's fitted jacket | ||
| jerkin a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times | ||
| jumper (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump | ||
| lumber jacket, lumberjack a short warm outer jacket | ||
| mao jacket a light weight jacket with a high collar; worn by Mao Zedong and the Chinese people during his regime | ||
| mess jacket, monkey jacket, shell jacket waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners | ||
| norfolk jacket loose-fitting single-breasted jacket | ||
| anorak, parka, windbreaker, windcheater a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term) | ||
| pea jacket, peacoat a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket | ||
| sacque, sack the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome" | ||
| single-breasted jacket a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons | ||
| jacket - an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets" | ||
| wrapping, wrap, wrapper the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | ||
| record jacket the jacket for a phonograph record | ||
| jacket - the outer skin of a potato | ||
| peel, skin the rind of a fruit or vegetable | ||
| jacket - the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition | ||
| jacket - (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" | ||
| crown, crownwork, jacket crown, cap | ||
| dental appliance a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth | ||
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| jacket - put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed" | ||
| apparel, raiment, garment, garb, enclothe, tog, fit out, habilitate, clothe, dress qualify for teaching at a university in Europe; "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university" | ||
| jacket - provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- jacket (Noun)
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. - jacket (Noun)
A piece of a person suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat. - jacket (Noun)
A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object. - jacket (Noun)
A police record. - jacket (Verb)
To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jacket (n.)
A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts. - jacket (n.)
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. - jacket (n.)
In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired. - jacket (n.)
A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket. - jacket (v. t.)
To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket. - jacket (v. t.)
To thrash; to beat.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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jacket
An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. -
jacket
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, until the waist or slightly below.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jacket
jak′et, n. a short coat.—adj. Jack′eted, wearing a jacket. [O. Fr. jaquette, a jacket, or sleeveless coat, a dim. of O. Fr. jaque, a coat of mail, prob. ultimately conn. with Jacques.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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jacket
A doublet; any kind of outer coat.--Cork jacket, is lined with cork in pieces, in order to give it buoyancy, and yet a degree of flexibility, that the activity of the wearer may not be impeded in swimming.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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jacket
A short, close garment, extending downward to the hips; a short military coat is so called. In the manufacture of ordnance a tube inclosing and reinforcing another tube is called a jacket.
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