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Definition of Jacket

1. Noun. A short coat.

2. Verb. Provide with a thermally non-conducting cover. "The tubing needs to be jacketed"

3. Noun. An outer wrapping or casing. "Phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"

4. Verb. Put a jacket on. "The men were jacketed"

5. Noun. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. "Tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"

6. Noun. The outer skin of a potato.

7. Noun. The tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition.

Definition of Jacket

1. n. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

2. v. t. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.

Definition of Jacket

1. to provide with a jacket (a short coat) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Jacket

1. 1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts. 2. An outer covering for anything, especially. 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. 3. In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired. 4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; called also cork jacket. Blue jacket. See Blue. Steam jacket, a space filled with steam between an inner and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle. To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. Origin: F. Jaquette, dim. Of jaque. See Jack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacket

jackass penguin jackboot jackbooted jackboots jackdaw jackdaw jackdaws jacked jackeen jackeens

jacker jackeroo jackeroos jackers jacket (current term) jacket (current term) jacketed jacketing jacketless jackets

jacket crown jacket crown jacket potato jackfish jackfishes jackfruit jackfruits jackfruit tree jackhammer jackhammered

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