What does "jacket" mean?

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

What is a synonym for "jacket"?

Common synonyms include: book jacket, case, coat, album, backing, bandage.

//ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level

Noun

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A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
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(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth wordnet
3
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
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a short coat wordnet
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A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)

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an outer wrapping or casing wordnet
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A police record. slang
"We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail."
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the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition wordnet
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In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
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the outer skin of a potato wordnet
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The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
"Cook the potatoes in their jackets."
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A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father. Jamaica
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A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK). Appalachia

Verb

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To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
"‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’"
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put a jacket on wordnet
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To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering. transitive
"...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."
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provide with a thermally non-conducting cover wordnet