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JACKET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

Synonyms:

cap; crown; crownwork; jacket; jacket crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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 2

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"):

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)

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

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

Derivation:

jacket (put a jacket on)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An outer wrapping or casing

Example:

phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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 4

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)

Sense 5

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a jacket on

Example:

The men were jacketed

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with a thermally non-conducting cover

Example:

The tubing needs to be jacketed

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

“This won’t taste bitter,” said he, “but I will just finish the jacket before I take a bite.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Jackets and coats were flung aside, shirts thrown open at the neck and rolled up to the shoulders; and we stood there, each at his post, in a fever of heat and anxiety.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Yet she was meanly dressed, a coarse blue petticoat and a linen jacket being her only garb; her fair hair was plaited but not adorned: she looked patient yet sad.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

There a bare-legged shepherd, in wooden shoes, pointed hat, and rough jacket over one shoulder, sat piping on a stone while his goats skipped among the rocks or lay at his feet.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And then you won't know me, sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket—a jay in borrowed plumes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.

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

He pulled out his watch, and after some fumbling got it back into the breast pocket of his thick woollen jacket.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“And whom have I to thank for this kindness?” I asked, when I stood completely arrayed, a tiny boy’s cap on my head, and for coat a dirty, striped cotton jacket which ended at the small of my back and the sleeves of which reached just below my elbows.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Drowning precautions should include: • Fences around pools • Supervising children near any body of water, including tubs • Not swimming or boating when under the influence of alcohol or sedatives • Wearing life jackets when boating • Learning CPR

(Drowning, NIH)