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jackets

noun

Meaning

  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. A police record.
  5. In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
  6. The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
  7. To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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