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jacket

noun · verb

Simple meaning

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

Pronunciation

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jakuht

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈdʒækət

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  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's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)

  3. A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)

  4. The tough outer skin of a baked potato.

verb

  1. To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.

  2. Put a jacket on

  3. transitive

    To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

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

Used this way, jacket is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use jacket

  • “Phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets.”noun
  • “The tubing needs to be jacketed.”verb

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Clothing

suit jacket

Tough

leather jacket

Protective

water jacket

Other combinations

red jacketblue jacketdinner jacketlife jacketyellow jacket

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • jacket crownnounCompound term

    Dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth.

  • jacket potatonounCompound term

    A baked potato served with the jacket on.

  • cork jacketnounCompound term

    Life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design.

  • dinner jacketnounCompound term

    Semiformal evening dress for men.

  • dolman jacketnounCompound term

    A hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders.

  • donkey jacketnounCompound term

    A short thick jacket.

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