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Definition: Jacket |
JacketNoun1. A short coat. 2. An outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets". 3. (dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or decayed tooth. 4. The tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition. Verb1. Provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed". 2. Put a jacket on. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jacket" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Jacket \Jack"et\, noun. [French jaquette, diminutive of jaque. See 3d Jack, noun]. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. A covering or casing of some kind. 2. Specifically, a shell around the combustion chamber of a liquid-fuel rocket, through which the propellant is circulated in regenerative cooling.3. A coating of one material over another to prevent oxidation, micrometeoroid penetration, etc. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A uniform and continuous tubular covering of metallic or non metallic material, generally extruded ; all the components of a metallic or optical cable which are placed outside the core to protect it against corrosion or mechanical damage, and to provide a shield against possible electromagnetic interference. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The protective outer covering of a bundle of fibres. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The external covering of insulating material of a dry cell, closed at the bottom. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Energy | The enclosure on a water heater, furnace, or boiler. (references) |
Industry | A felt cover for a couch roll in a papermaking machine. . . a cloth covering for a machine roller usually woven or felted in tubular form. . . Source: European Union. (references) |
Information | A transparent plastic carrier with a single or multiple sleeve or pocket made to fold microfilm in flat strips. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Jacket The French jaquette, "little jack," a translation of the German Hanseline, a slop cut short. Jacket. The skin of a potato. Potatoes brought to table unpeeled are said to be "with their jackets on." To dust one's jacket. (See Dust.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Metallurgy | The metal casing of the furnace enclosing the refractory brickwork. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An outer casing or cover constructed around a cylinder or pipe, the annular space being filled with a fluid for either cooling, heating, or maintaining the cylinder contents at constant temperature; e.g., the waterjackets of an internal combustion engine. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | The external layer of material applied directly to a nuclear fuel or other material, to provide protection from a chemically reactive environment, to provide containment of radioactive products produced during the irradiation of the composite or to provide structural support. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | A wood or fiber cover placed around such containers as cans and bottles. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: JacketSynonym: jacket crown (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma |
Prison | Bond; bandage; irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples; vice, vise. |
Punishment | Strike; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye. |
Refuge | Means of escape; (escape) lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket; parachute, plank, steppingstone; emergency landing. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It's strange to me that something so harmless as a jacket could symbolize such a great lie. (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston) Can I take your jacket, sir (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf) Show him your jacket. (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal) Anna, whose jacket is that (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) It smells like Otto's jacket. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel) Until I saw your picture on another guy's jacket (Once Bitten Twice Shy; performing artist: Great White) Here baby, put on my jacket (Like I Love You; performing artist: Justin Timberlake) Where's his jacket and his old blue jeans (Chuck E's in love; performing artist: Rickie Lee Jones) Got some big seal upon his jacket (Two Princes; performing artist: Spin Doctors) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964) The Rainbow Jacket (1954) Back to Yellow Jacket (1922) Yellow Jacket (1999) Leather Jacket Love Story (1998) | |
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 | Shown is a black woman with sage-colored jacket, and wearing a phone headset. CIS information specialists answer questions from the public, patients and health professionals about the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. Credit: Bill Branson (Photographer). |  | A woman in a hot pink jacket applies sunscreen to her face. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Jacket of "The Virgin Islands Our New Possessions and the British Islands", by Theodoor De Booy and John T. Faris, 1918. J. B. Lippincott and Company, Philadelphia. Library Call Number C/hc100 V81 B. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Jacket of "Brazil, the Amazons, and the Coast" by Herbert H. Smith, 1879. Library Call Number C/hd100 S64. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Original jacket of "De aeris transmutationibus libri IV...." by Giambattista della Porta,1535?-1615. This book was published in 1614. Library call number QC859 .P67 1614. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | [Cystoscopy: Bruck's lamp, first internal light source in cystoscopy, with water jacket for cooling]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Crewmen on USS Boston (CA-69) consume night rations after repelling a Japanese torpedo plane attack in the darkness off Formosa, 14 October 1944. The men are (from left to right): Storekeeper 3rd Class J.F. Livingston; Coxwain H. Lowe; Seaman 1st Class K.A. Kalajian; and Seaman 2nd Class F.L. Dugan. Note stretchers serving as seats, Dugan's life jacket and helmet (with liner). Credit: NAVY. |  | Seaman Daniel J. Lewis stands watch as lookout on the submarine's bridge, while it runs on the surface, December 1969. Note John Adams' insignia patch on his jacket. Credit: NAVY. |
 | And when the jacket saw her he thanked God. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Battle jacket!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "The girls of summer (i)" by Filipa Castro Commentary: "I don't think I'll need a jacket. ." | "Yellow" by M.Jander Commentary: "Rain jacket ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The old convict Brevet was clad in the black and grey jacket of the central prisons |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The little silk badge with the white rose on it that was pinned on the breast of his jacket began to flutter |
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Business | Asymmetric necklines, three-quarter length sleeves, fitted shirts as a jacket; puffed sleeves, drawstring tops as layering pieces, tube tops, funnel necks, and the layering of sheer cotton T-shirts, tunics. (references) | |
Travel | Bulgaria | Businesspeople may go without a jacket or tie or wear casual clothes in summer. (references) |
Chad | In the winter months, a light sweater or jacket may be necessary in the evenings. (references) | |
Czech Rep | While a blazer or sports jacket is sometimes acceptable, Czechs find "American casual" a turn-off. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Jacket" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.53% of the time. "Jacket" is used about 2,958 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.53% | 2,944 | 3,171 |
| Noun (common) | 0.3% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.17% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,958 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "jacket": Air jacket ♦ bed jacket ♦ Blue jacket ♦ Bomber jacket ♦ book jacket ♦ bush jacket ♦ Cardigan jacket ♦ combat jacket ♦ cork jacket ♦ dinner jacket ♦ dolman jacket ♦ donkey jacket ♦ dust jacket ♦ dust one's jacket for him ♦ dust smb.'s jacket ♦ eton jacket ♦ flying jacket ♦ hacking jacket ♦ jacket crown ♦ jacket potato ♦ leather jacket ♦ life jacket ♦ lounging jacket ♦ Mao jacket ♦ mess jacket ♦ monkey jacket ♦ mould jacket ♦ Norfolk jacket ♦ padded jacket ♦ pea jacket ♦ pilot jacket ♦ polka jacket ♦ quilted jacket ♦ record jacket ♦ Red Jacket ♦ reefer jacket ♦ reflective jacket ♦ riding jacket ♦ Sayre jacket ♦ sheepskin jacket ♦ shell jacket ♦ shooting jacket ♦ short jacket ♦ short woolen jacket ♦ ski jacket ♦ slip jacket ♦ smoking jacket ♦ sport jacket ♦ sports jacket ♦ steam jacket ♦ strait jacket ♦ suede jacket ♦ To dust one's jacket ♦ To dyst one's jacket ♦ trim down smb.'s jacket ♦ waist jacket ♦ water jacket ♦ yachting jacket ♦ yellow jacket. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "jacket": jacket-baked, jacket-board, jacket-clad, jacket-cum-coat, jacket-length, jacket-posters, jacket-straining. | |
Ending with "jacket": bed-jacket, dust-jacket, life-jacket, ski-jacket, smoking-jacket, straight-jacket. | |
Containing "jacket": corduroy-jacket-wearing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
leather jacket | 1,967 | dog life jacket | 163 |
jacket | 1,556 | rain jacket | 161 |
motorcycle jacket | 1,370 | columbus blue jacket | 156 |
life jacket | 1,213 | columbia jacket | 154 |
full metal jacket | 761 | north face jacket | 143 |
leather motorcycle jacket | 596 | man jacket | 132 |
fleece jacket | 571 | varsity jacket | 121 |
yellow jacket | 459 | blue jacket | 118 |
jean jacket | 431 | chef jacket | 110 |
flight jacket | 334 | biker leather jacket | 108 |
denim jacket | 328 | joe rocket jacket | 102 |
my morning jacket | 260 | member only jacket | 101 |
man leather jacket | 250 | leather bomber jacket | 100 |
national association for stock car auto racing jacket | 230 | safari jacket | 99 |
letterman jacket | 212 | harley davidson jacket | 97 |
womens leather jacket | 196 | womens jacket | 96 |
smoking jacket | 189 | red jacket | 90 |
straight jacket | 188 | infant life jacket | 89 |
bomber jacket | 183 | lady leather jacket | 87 |
biker jacket | 169 | inn jacket red | 86 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "jacket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | baadjie. (various references) | |
Albanian | xhaketë (coat, jerkin), veshje e jashtme (casing, vestment), lupsa (glume), lëvozhgë (cortex, follicle, glume, husk, Peel, peeling, pod, shell, shuck), lëvore (bark, bast, cortex, Hull, husk, Peel, rind, skin), lëkurë (derm, fell, hide, leather, Peel, peeling, peltry, rind, skin), kopertinë, kopak, këllëf (case, dustsheet, encasement, fiddle-case, rubber, scabbard, sheath, slip, slipcover, slipover, thimble, tip), dosje (case file, dossier, file, folder, portfolio, record). (various references) | |
Arabic | كسا بسترة, معطف (capote, cloak, coat, greatcoat, mantle, overcoat, pall, wrap), قميص (shirt), قشرة البطاطا, غلاف كتاب (cover), غطاء (bed clothes, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cot, cover, cover up, covering, coverlet, envelope, facing, housing, lid, overlay, robe, roofing, rug, shroud, tarpaulin, tilt, top, vesture, wrapping), سترة نسيائية, سترة أطفال, سترة (coat, jumper, lounge suit, smock, sweater, toga), شبكة صيد صغيرة. (various references) | |
Asturian | chaqueta. (various references) | |
Basque | jaka. (various references) | |
Bemba | ijaketi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сако (coat), куртка (blouse, tunic), кора (bark, cortex, cover, crust, heel, incrustation, rind, skin), козина (bristle, coat, fell, fur, furring, hair, pelage), кожух (case, housing, mantle, sheath, shell, sleeve), обвивка (aril, casing, coat, covering, encasement, envelope, envelopment, husk, mantle, sheath, sheeting, shell, tegument, tunic, wrap, wrappage, wrapping), обвивам (encase, entwine, envelop, fold, mantle, pack, twine, veil, wind), обложка (book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket, slip-cover), набивам (imbed, lambaste, ram, wedge, whop), жакет (coat), блуза (blouse, tunic), палто (coat, paletot), изолация (detachment, insulation, isolation, lagging, seclusion, segregation, separation). (various references) | |
Cebuano | tsaketa. (various references) | |
Chinese | 襦 (short coat), 襖 (coat, short and lined coat or robe), 夹克, 夾克 , 上衣 (upper outer garment). (various references) | |
Cornish | jerkyn. (various references) | |
Czech | slupka (Hull, husk, Peel, skin), sako (undercoat), přebal (book jacket, cover, dust jacket), bunda (anorak). (various references) | |
Danish | jakke, smudsomslag (envelope file, folder 2. paper wrapper, paper file), plade (board, composite board, metal sheet, panel, plate, sheet, sheeting, slab, stave, tablet), mappe (envelope file, folder 2. paper wrapper, paper file), kapsling (can, canning, clad, cladding, enclosure, sheath), kappe (cable hose, cable sheath, cap, cape, cladding, companion, fairing, fiber cladding, fiber optics cladding, fibre cladding, fibre optics cladding, guard, heading, mantle, moil, nose cone, optical fiber cladding, optical fibre cladding, pollarding, sheath, sheathing, shell, shielding, shroud, skirt, topping), indkapsling (assembly, can, canning, case, clad, cladding, encapsulation, enclosure, enclosures, information hiding, in-ground encapsulation, packaging, sealing, sheath), hylster (cartridge, case, coating, core, enclosure, envelope, magnetic tape cartridge, pack, paper core, sheath, sheathing, theca, thimble, tube), hus (house), foring (bearing bush, bearing liner, bush, bushing, cover, liner, outer sleeve, quill, sheat, shell, sleeve, sleeve bearing, spacer), cylinderkappe, bund (base, basement, bottom, Bund, Bund contract, floor, invert, plate, platform, punt, substratum, tray), bevikling (coating, sheath, wrapping). (various references) | |
Dutch | jasje, colbert, buis (barrel, channel, pipe, tube). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | chunpa. (various references) | |
Esperanto | jako. (various references) | |
Faeroese | jakki. (various references) | |
Farsi | پوشه (Membrane, Wrapper), پوشاندن (Apparel, Blanket, Camouflage, Case, Clothe, Coat, Cover, Emboss, Envelop, Immerse, Line, Mask, Overcast, Sheath, Sheathe, Shroud, Submerge, Suffuse, Veil), نیمتنه (Coat), کتاب (Book, Volume), ژاکت (Pullover, Sweater), جلدکردن (Case, Cover), جلد (Case, Copy, Cover, Epidermis, Holster, Nimble, Quick, Sheath, Sheathe, Shell, Skin, Tome, Volume, Yare), درپوشه گذاردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kuori (bark, case, chancel, choir, crust, fruit skin, hull, husk, peel, shell). (various references) | |
French | veston, veste, jaquette (dust jacket), enveloppe, chemise. (various references) | |
Frisian | jas. (various references) | |
German | Jacke (cardigan, coat, jerkin, sports coat), mantel (casing, cloak, coat, cope, curved surface, mantle, overcoat, pallium, share sertificate, sheath, topcoat, wrap), jackett, umschlag (compress, cover, cuff, envelope, poultice, sudden change, traffic, transfer, transshipment, turn up, volume of traffic, wrapper, wrapping), ummantelung (sheathing), schutzumschlag (book jacket, dust cover, wrapper), Hülle (case, cover, envelope, exterior, holder, integument, sheath, shell, skin, sleeve, top, velum, wrapper, wrapping), einhüllen (clothe, cover, drape, enfold, enshroud, envelop, muffle, swathe, to jacket, wrap, wrap up). (various references) | |
Greek | σακάκι (coat), περίβλημα (gasket, integument, shield), χιτώνιο (jerkin, tunicle), ζακέτα (coat, jerkin, sweater). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקטורן (smoking jacket, waistcoat), מעיל קצר (bolero, tunic), עטיפת ספר (bookjacket, dust cover, dust jacket, paperback), זיג (coat), ז'קט, ג'קט. (various references) | |
Hungarian | zakó (coat), zubbony (blouse, smock frock), krumplihéj, kabát (coat, overcoat), köpeny (cape, case, casing, cloak, dressing gown, mantle, overcoat, robe, sheath, shell, smock-frock, talma), burkolat (casing, coverage, encasement, envelope, husk, masking, muffle, overlay, pavement, revetment, sheet, swathe). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jaket (blazer, sport coat), berbaju (shirt, wear cloth), baju (blouse, clothes, clothing, shirt). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | qulittaujaq qisiujaq (leather jacket), qulittaujaq nuviqsaaq (wool jacket). (various references) | |
Italian | giacchetta, rivestimento (casing, coating, cover, covering, encasement, facing, integument, lag, lining, skin), giacca (coat). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 胴衣 (vest), 胴着 (vest), 表着 (coat, outer garment, tunic), モンテカルロ法 (Jacobi, Monroe, Monroe effect, Monte Carlo method, Monteverdi, Montgomery, my Paris, subculture of teenage girls ca. 1999, Yakult, Yalta, Yamaha, yank, Yankee, Yankeeism, yard, yard sale, young, young adult, young Mrs, young power, young town, young traditional, young urban professional, younger generation, yuppie), ジャンク債 (gendarme, jambalaya, jump, jumper, jumpsuit, jungle, jungle-gym, junk bonds, junket), ジャガ芋 (Jackson, jacuzzi, jazz dance, juggler, potato), ウイルス病 (Vienna coffee, Vienna sausage, Viennese, Viennese waltz, viral disease, virus disease, wait, waiter, waitress, Weber, Wiener, Wimbledon, winch, wind, windbreaker, windfall, windjacket, window, window display, window dressing, window shopping, Windsor char, windsurfer, windsurfing, wing, wing collar, wink, Winker, winter resort, winter sports), 上衣 (coat, outer garment, tunic), 上表紙 (cover, front cover, wrapper), 上着 (coat, outer garment, tunic). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ヤッケ , うわぎ (coat, outer garment, tunic), うわびょうし (cover, front cover, wrapper), どうい (agreement, approval, consent, same meaning, same opinion, similarities and differences, the same digit, the same rank, vest), ジャンパー (jumper), ジャケット , ウインドブレーカー (windbreaker), じょうい (abdication, coat, emotion, emperor's wishes, expulsion of the foreigners, feeling, higher order, host computer, outer garment, superior, tunic, will, will or decree). (various references) | |
Korean | 재킷. (various references) | |
Macedonian | sako. (various references) | |
Manx | beggon. (various references) | |
Norwegian | jakke, omslag (cover). (various references) | |
Occitan | vèsta. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acketjay.(various references) | |
Polish | marynarka. (various references) | |
Portuguese | revestimento (boarding, case, casing, clothing, coating, covering, encasement, facing, finish, lining, revetment, slipover), jaqueta, paletó (coat, overcoat), invólucro (casing, encasement, enclosure, envelope, envelopment, involucre, overlay, sheath, slipover, wrapper, wrapping), casaco (cloak, coat, overcloud), capa (binder, cap, capa, cloak, cover page, covering, envelope, hood, kappa, lid, mantle, pillow-sham, pretence, pretense, robe, shroud, veil), camisa (sark, shirt). (various references) | |
Provencal | vesta. (various references) | |
Romanian | jachetã (Guernsey, sweater, undervest, vest), vestã (jerkin, sack, vest, waistcoat), teacã (case, casing, cover, scabbard, sheath), supracopertã (wrapper), pune în supracopertã, pune în anvelopã, piele de animal (coat, fell, hide), manta (cloak, coating, frock, great coat, greatcoat, lagging, mantle, wrap), cojocel fãrã mâneci, coajã (bark, cortex, crust, Hull, husk, leather, peeling, rind, scale, scurf, shell, skin), clopot (bell, drum), cãmaşã (chemise, crust, sheathing, shirt), anvelopã (tyre), înveliş (cap, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cover, crust, dress, envelopment, film, integument, lap, layer, mantle, shroud, skin). (various references) | |
Romansch | giacca. (various references) | |
Russian | суперобложка (book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket, slipcover, wrapper), рубашка (shirt), чехол (cover, covering, slip cover, slipcover, tick), шкура животного, куртка;суперобложка;конверт, куртка, кожух машины, кожух (case, casing, cover, guard, hood, mantel, mantle, shell), обшивка (binding, coat, cover, covering, encasement, facing, lagging, overcast, revetment, sheeting, siding, welt, welting), маншон, жакет. (various references) | |
Scottish | deacaid (boddice). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | jakna, sako, omot (casing, wrap, wrapper), ljuska (hull, husk, peel, peeling, pod, rind, scale, shell, sherd, shuck, squama), korice (cover, scabbard, sheath), žaket (cutaway). (various references) | |
Shona | bhachi. (various references) | |
Spanish | chaqueta (coat, coatee), americana (American, American woman, coat), envoltura (case, cover, covering, envelope, envelopment, membrane, sheath, swaddle, wrap, wrapper, wrapping), camisa (chemise, dust cover, shimmy, shirt). (various references) | |
Swedish | jacka (coatee, norfolk jacket), mantel (cloak, mantle, Pall), kavaj (coat, sports jacket). (various references) | |
Thai | เสื้อชั้นนอก, กระดาษหุ้มหนังสือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | kitap kabı (slipcase, wrapper), kitabın kağıt kabı (dust cover, dust jacket), kap (binder, Cape, case, container, holder, hollowware, pot, receptacle, utensil, vessel), kabuk (bark, carapace, coat, cockle, cockleshell, cortes, covering, crust, encrustation, eschar, Hull, husk, incrustation, integument, mantle, nutshell, Peel, pod, rind, scab, scale, scurf, shell, shuck, skin, squama), ceket (coat, tunic). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jilt (binding), penjek (coat). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чохол (cap, case, cover, covering, protector, sheet, slip over, slipcover, tick, wrapper), надівати чохол, надівати куртку, жакет. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | áo bào vàng (yellow jacket). (various references) | |
Welsh | siaced, crysbais (jerkin). (various references) | |
Zulu | ilibhantshi, ibhantshi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | shakk. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jacket": jacketed, jacketing, jacketless, jackets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "jacket": bluejacket, rejacket, straightjacket, straitjacket. (additional references) | |
Words containing "jacket": bluejackets, rejacketed, rejacketing, rejackets, straightjacketed, straightjacketing, straightjackets, straitjacketed, straitjacketing, straitjackets. (additional references) | |
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"Jacket" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ackte, Axkxt, hacket, Jacci, jachet, jacka, jacke, jackeen, jackel, jackety, jackey, jacko, Jackou, Jacksey, jackup, jacvket, Jaeckel, jaikit, Jaketa, Mackreth, njacwer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jacket" (pronounced ja"kut) |
| 4 | -a" k u t | packet, racket, racquet. |
| 3 | -k u t | aftermarket, advocate, affricate, basket, Becket, biscuit, blanket, breadbasket, brisket, bucket, casket, certificate, circuit, cricket, hypermarket, delicate, docket, duplicate, etiquette, gasket, indelicate, intricate, junket, market, microcircuit, musket, Newmarket, patriarchate, picket, pickpocket, pocket, premarket, remarket, rocket, silicate, skyrocket, socket, sprocket, straitjacket, syndicate, thicket, ticket, tourniquet, trinket, triplicate, tunicate, upmarket, wastebasket, wicket. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-j-k-t" | |
-2 letters: cake, cate, jack, jake, tace, tack, take, teak. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ate, cat, eat, eta, jet, kae, kat, kea, tae, taj, tea. | |
-4 letters: ae, at, et, ka, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-j-k-t" | |
+1 letter: jackets. | |
+2 letters: jacketed, rejacket. | |
+3 letters: jacketing, jacksmelt, rejackets. | |
+4 letters: bluejacket, jackbooted, jacketless, jacksmelts, rejacketed. | |
+5 letters: bluejackets, rejacketing, steeplejack. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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