jersey

jer·sey  (jûrz)

n. pl. jer·seys

1.

a. A soft, plain-knitted fabric used for clothing.

b. A garment made of this fabric.

2. A close-fitting knitted pullover shirt, jacket, or sweater.

3. often Jersey Any of a breed of fawn-colored dairy cattle developed on the island of Jersey and producing milk that is rich in butterfat.

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[After Jersey.]

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jersey

Noun

1. a knitted garment covering the upper part of the body

2. a soft, slightly stretchy, machine-knitted fabric [after Jersey, because of the woollen sweaters worn by the fishermen]

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Jersey

Noun

a breed of reddish-brown dairy cattle that produces milk with a high butterfat content [after Jersey, island in the English Channel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Jersey - a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies Garden State, New Jersey, NJ Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Monmouth Court House - a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Mid-Atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland Atlantic City - a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center capital of New Jersey, Trenton - capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river Bayonne - a city in northeastern New Jersey Camden - a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia Jersey City - a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan) Morristown - a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters Newark - the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey New Brunswick - a university town in central New Jersey Paterson - a city of northeastern New Jersey Princeton - a university town in central New Jersey Cape May - a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean Ellis Island - an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States; "some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island" Delaware Bay - an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River
	2.	Jersey - the largest of the Channel Islands island of Jersey Channel Island - any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France
	3.	jersey - a close-fitting pullover shirt T-shirt, tee shirt shirt - a garment worn on the upper half of the body polo-neck, turtle, turtleneck - a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
	4.	jersey - a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric knit - a fabric made by knitting
	5.	Jersey - a breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milk

Translations

Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → Jersey m

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jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → jersey m;

(fabric) → tejido de punto

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Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → Jersey f

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jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → tricot m (= fabric); jersey m

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Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → Jersey nt

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jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → Pullover m;

(fabric) → Jersey m

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Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → Jersey m

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jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] n → maglia, jersey m