jacket

jack·et

 (jăk′ĭt)

n.

1. A short coat usually extending to the hips.

2. An outer covering or casing, especially:

a. The skin of a potato.

b. The dust jacket of a book or phonograph record.

c. An insulation covering for a steam pipe, wire, boiler, or similar part.

d. An open envelope or folder for filing papers.

e. The outer metal shell or case of a bullet.

3. A piece of jewelry or other ornament that attaches to an earring stud.

tr.v. jack·et·ed, jack·et·ing, jack·ets

To supply or cover with a jacket.

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[Middle English jaket, from Old French jaquet, diminutive of jaque, short jacket, tunic, from jacques, nickname for French peasants, from the name Jacques; see jack.]

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jack′et·ed adj.

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jacket

(ˈdʒækɪt)

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) 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. (Mechanical Engineering) any exterior covering or casing, such as the insulating cover of a boiler

4. (Mechanical Engineering) the part of the cylinder block of an internal-combustion engine that encloses the coolant

5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) See dust jacket

6. (Cookery)

a. the skin of a baked potato

b. (as modifier): jacket potatoes.

7. (Military) a metal casing used in certain types of ammunition

8. US a cover to protect a gramophone record. Brit name: sleeve

9. chiefly US a folder or envelope to hold documents

vb

(tr) to put a jacket on (someone or something)

[C15: from Old French jaquet short jacket, from jacque peasant, from proper name Jacques James]

ˈjacketed adj

ˈjacket-ˌlike adj

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jack•et

(ˈdʒæk ɪt)
n.

1. a short coat, in any of various forms, usu. opening down the front.

2. a garmentlike article designed to be placed around the body for some use other than as clothing. Compare life jacket, straitjacket.

3. a protective outer covering.

4. the skin of a potato, esp. when it has been cooked.

5. a removable paper cover for protecting the binding of a book, usu. bearing the title and author's name.

6. an envelope, holder, or cover of cardboard or paper, as for a phonograph record or a document.

7. a metal casing, as the steel covering around the barrel of a gun or the core of a bullet.

v.t.

8. to put a jacket on.

[1425–75; jaket < Middle French ja(c)quet=jaque(s) jacket, short, plain upper garment, probably after jacques peasant (see Jacquerie) + -et -et]

jack′et•ed, adj.

jack′et•less, adj.

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jacket

Past participle: jacketed
Gerund: jacketing

Imperative

jacket

jacket

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jacket - a short coat         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 short jacket; worn mostly by women 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 coat - an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors dolman, dolman jacket - a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders 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 - a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen 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 - a woman's full loose hiplength jacket single-breasted jacket - a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons morning coat, swallowtail, swallow-tailed coat - a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
	2.	jacket - an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets" record jacket - the jacket for a phonograph record wrapping, wrapper, wrap - the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket, dust wrapper - a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
	3.	jacket - (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" crownwork, jacket crown, cap, crown dental appliance - a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth dental medicine, dentistry, odontology - the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth
	4.	jacket - the outer skin of a potato Irish potato, murphy, potato, spud, tater, white potato - an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland peel, skin - the rind of a fruit or vegetable
	5.	jacket - the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition casing, shell, case - the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
Verb	1.	jacket - provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	2.	jacket - put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed" apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dress - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

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jacket

noun

1. coat, blazer a black leather jacket

2. covering, casing, case, cover, skin, shell, coat, wrapping, envelope, capsule, folder, sheath, wrapper, encasement, housing potatoes in their jackets

Jackets

acton, anorak, báinín, banyan, Barbour jacket (trademark), bed jacket, biker jacket, blazer, blouson, body warmer, bolero, bomber jacket, boxy jacket, bush jacket, cagoule or cag, cardigan, combat jacket, cymar, denim jacket, dinner jacket or (U.S. & Canad.) tuxedo or tux, dolman, donkey jacket, doublet, duvet or duvet jacket, Eton jacket or bumfreezer, flak jacket, fustian jacket, gambeson, gilet, hacking jacket, hug-me-tight, jerkin, leather jacket, life jacket, lumberjacket, Mackinaw coat or mackinaw (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), matinée jacket, mess jacket, monkey jacket, Norfolk jacket, pourpoint, reefing jacket, sack or sacque, safari jacket, shell jacket, shrug, smoking jacket, spencer, sports jacket or coat, tabard, windcheater or windjammer

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jacket

noun

The skin of an animal:

fell, fur, hide, pelt.

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Translations

سُتْرَةٌسُتْرَهغِلاف

sakobundapřebal

jakkesmudsomslag

JackeUmschlagJackettJoppeMantel

σακάκικάλυμμαμπουφάν

chaquetafundajacketsacosobrecubierta

takki

vestevestoncouverturejaquetteblouson

jakna

jakkikápa

giaccagiacchettagiubbagiubbottosopraccoperta

ジャケット

재킷

apvāksjakažakete

jasje

jakke

marynarka

blusãojaqueta

курткапиджак

jopič

kavaj

เสื้อแจ๊กเก็ต

ceketkapakkapı

áo khoác

书籍的护封夹克夹克衫短上衣

jacket

[ˈdʒækɪt]

A. N

1. (= garment) → chaqueta f, americana f, saco m (LAm)

2. (= cover) [of boiler] → camisa f, envoltura f; [of book] → sobrecubierta f (US) [of record] → funda f

3. [of potato] potatoes baked in their jackets (Brit) → patatas fpl asadas con piel, papas fpl asadas con cáscara (LAm)

B. CPD jacket potatoes NPL (Brit) → patatas fpl asadas con piel, papas fpl asadas con cáscara (LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jacket

[ˈdʒækɪt] n

(= garment) (straight, fitted style) → veste f, veston m; (padded or blouson style) → blouson m
a black leather jacket → un blouson de cuir noir
potatoes in their jackets (British) → des pommes fpl de terre en robe des champs

[boiler] → enveloppe f

[book] → jaquette fjacket potato n → pomme f de terre en robe des champsjack-in-the-box [ˈdʒækɪnðəbɒks] n → diable m à ressort

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jacket

n

(= garment) → Jacke f; (= man’s tailored jacket) → Jackett nt; (= life jacket) → Schwimmweste f

(of book) → Schutzumschlag m, → Buchhülle f; (US: of record) → Plattenhülle f

(esp US: for papers etc) → Umschlag m

jacket potatoes, potatoes (baked) in their jackets → (in der Schale) gebackene Kartoffeln pl

(Tech: of boiler etc) → Mantel m, → Ummantelung f

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jacket

[ˈdʒækɪt] n (garment) → giacca; (of book) → sopraccopertina; (of boiler) → incamiciatura; (of potato) → buccia

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jacket

(ˈdʒӕkit) noun

1. a short coat. He wore brown trousers and a blue jacket. baadjie, py, jakkie, jekker(t), mantel سُتْرَه жакет casaco sako die Jacke jakke σακάκιchaqueta jakk کت؛ نیم تنه takki vestonמקטורן जाकेट jakna zakó jaket jakki giacca, giacchetta 上衣 재킷 švarkas jaka; žakete jaket jasjejakkemarynarka كرتۍ، جاكټ، دژووپوست، دپټاټوپوستكى: دكتاب پوښ casaco vestă куртка sako jopič žaket jacka, kavaj, blazer เสื้อชั้นนอก ceket 短外套 жакет; куртка ایک چھوٹا آستینوں والا کوٹ áo vét 短上衣，夹克

2. a covering, especially a loose paper cover for a book. I like the design on this (book-)jacket. omslag غِلاف обложка capa přebal der Umschlag smudsomslag κάλυμμα βιβλίου sobrecubierta ümbrispaber روکش کتاب suojus jaquetteעטיפה आवरण omot borító jaket buku (hlífðar)kápa copertina, sopraccoperta 本のカバー (책의) 덮개 aplankas (grāmatas) apvāks kulit buku omslagsmussomslagobwoluta دكتاب پوښ capa supracopertă суперобложка obal ovoj omotnica omslag กระดาษหุ้มหนังสือ kapı, kapak 書套 суперобкладинка کتاب کے اوپر حفاظتی خول bìa 书籍的护封

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jacket

→ سُتْرَةٌ sako jakke Jacke σακάκι chaqueta takki veste jakna giacca ジャケット 재킷 jasje jakke marynarka blusão, jaqueta пиджак kavaj เสื้อแจ๊กเก็ต ceket áo khoác 夹克衫

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jack·et

n. forro; corsé, soporte del tronco y de la espina dorsal usado para corregir deformidades.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

jacket

n chaqueta, chamarra (esp. Mex)

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