jacket
Meaning
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- A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
- A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
- (slang) A police record.
- In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
- The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
- A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
- A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
Synonyms
jacket crown
pea-jacket
front cover
short coat
slip-cover
tail coat
tunicle
fall-board
upper-body clothes
tuxido
service jacket
upper garment
sport coat
steam-jacket
foundry pit
splash jacket
book cover
casting pit
landing deck
leather jacket
Frequency
Hyphenated as
jack‧et
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
Etymology
From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.
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