jacketnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒæk.ɪt/us/ˈdʒæk.ɪt/jacket noun [ C ] (CLOTHES)
A1 a short coat:
a leather/denim/tweed jacket
The keys are in my jacket pocket.
More examples
- I felt a bit chilly so I put on a jacket.
- He draped his jacket over the back of the chair and sat down to eat.
- He had a neatly folded handkerchief in his jacket pocket.
- What happened to your jacket? There's a big rip in the sleeve.
- She was wearing a black leather jacket and shades.
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Coats, jackets & cloaks
- achkan
- anorak
- Barbour
- baseball jacket
- blazer
- DJ
- donkey jacket
- double-breasted
- doublet
- down jacket
- lumber jacket
- mac
- mackintosh
- mantle
- oilskin
- stole
- tailcoat
- three-quarter length
- trench coat
- tuxedo
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jacket noun [ C ] (COVER)
→ dust jacket
US UK sleeve a cover to protect something:
Can you put the record back in its jacket, please?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Books & parts of books
- addendum
- artwork
- bibliography
- binder
- binding
- blurb
- chapter
- errata
- erratum
- extract
- flyleaf
- folio
- foreword
- library
- margin
- monograph
- preface
- prologue
- serial
- table
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Lids, covers and stoppers