JACKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jacket mean? 

• JACKET (noun)
  The noun JACKET has 5 senses:

1. a short coat

2. an outer wrapping or casing

3. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

4. the outer skin of a potato

5. the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

  Familiarity information: JACKET used as a noun is common.

• JACKET (verb)
  The verb JACKET has 2 senses:

1. provide with a thermally non-conducting cover

2. put a jacket on

  Familiarity information: JACKET used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short coat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jacket" is a kind of...):

coat (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jacket"):

bed jacket (a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed))

morning coat; swallow-tailed coat; swallowtail (a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back)

single-breasted jacket (a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons)

sack; sacque (a woman's full loose hiplength jacket)

pea jacket; peacoat (a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket)

anorak; parka; windbreaker; windcheater (a kind of heavy jacket ('windcheater' is a British term))

Norfolk jacket (loose-fitting single-breasted jacket)

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)

Mao jacket (a light weight jacket with a high collar; worn by Mao Zedong and the Chinese people during his regime)

lumber jacket; lumberjack (a short warm outer jacket)

jumper (a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen)

jerkin (a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times)

hug-me-tight (a woman's fitted jacket)

Eton jacket (a jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom)

dressing sack; dressing sacque (a woman's loose jacket; worn while dressing)

doublet (a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance)

double-breasted jacket (a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons)

donkey jacket (a short thick jacket; often worn by workmen)

dolman; dolman jacket (a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders)

bush jacket (a loose fitting jacket; resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt)

bomber jacket (a jacket gathered into a band at the waist)

bolero (a short jacket; worn mostly by women)

blazer; sport coat; sport jacket; sports coat; sports jacket (lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school)

banian; banyan (a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India)

Derivation:

jacket (put a jacket on)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An outer wrapping or casing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets

Hypernyms ("jacket" is a kind of...):

wrap; wrapper; wrapping (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jacket"):

record jacket (the jacket for a phonograph record)

book jacket; dust cover; dust jacket; dust wrapper (a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cap; crown; crownwork; jacket; jacket crown

Context example:

tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

Hypernyms ("jacket" is a kind of...):

dental appliance (a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth)

Domain category:

dental medicine; dentistry; odontology (the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The outer skin of a potato

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("jacket" is a kind of...):

peel; skin (the rind of a fruit or vegetable)

Holonyms ("jacket" is a part of...):

Irish potato; murphy; potato; spud; tater; white potato (an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jacket" is a kind of...):

case; casing; shell (the housing or outer covering of something)

• JACKET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jacket    ... he / she / it jackets   
Past simple: jacketed   
Past participle: jacketed   
-ing form: jacketing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with a thermally non-conducting cover

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The tubing needs to be jacketed

Hypernyms (to "jacket" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put a jacket on

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The men were jacketed

Hypernyms (to "jacket" is one way to...):

apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

jacket (a short coat)

 Context examples 

His shell-jacket was as much too little for him as he was too big for the premises.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Strait-jackets, starvation, and beatings and clubbings were the wrong treatment for Jim Hall; but it was the treatment he received.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His name was good, his residence was in their favourite village, and she soon found out that of all manly dresses a shooting-jacket was the most becoming.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The rough looking wiry outer jacket is lined with a softer undercoat.

(Irish Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

I was turning away from him when I observed that something projected from the front of his ragged jacket.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A jacket with hanging sleeves, slashed with velvet at the neck and wrists, showed that he was a man of some consideration, an under-officer, or file-leader of his company.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You will have to change that grand coat for a tarry jacket if you serve under me, sir.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He nodded his head, regarding her thoughtfully as she gathered the torn pieces of manuscript and tucked them into the pocket of her jacket—ocular evidence of the success of her mission.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)