jacket

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ækɪt

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French jaquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

[edit] Noun

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jacket (plural jackets)

1. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
2. A piece of a person suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat (US)
3. A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (eg a book, hot water tank.)
4. A police record.

[edit] Synonyms

• (piece of a men suit) coat (US)
• (cover) sleeve

[edit] Derived terms

• bedjacket
• bookjacket
• donkey jacket
• dust jacket
• flak jacket
• jacket potato
• leatherjacket
• life jacket

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[edit] Verb

to jacket (third-person singular simple present jackets, present participle jacketing, simple past and past participle jacketed)

1. (transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
   • 1897, Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads

     ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.