JACKET | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of jacket in English

(Definition of jacket from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of jacket from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of jacket

jacket
Conversely, the rockers cultivated a more rugged male image and with their motorbikes and leather jackets rejected any hint of effeminacy.
His tan jacket almost hid a red flannel shirt.
Secondly, a man surreptitiously removes a £5 note from one's jacket pocket as one is walking down the street.
This was pumped from a solute reservoir into the glass jacket surrounding the dialysis membrane.
The dress code required that boys wear a jacket and tie, or a sweater and tie.
Copiers of the jacket produced in the more interior province, however, pay even less attention to the configuration of letters.
On the other hand, it can be in some cases a ' 'modelling straight jacket' '.
Although their jackets were now common fashion elements, the bodies of these women declared their social origins.
I prefer no dust jacket, but maybe you will be happy with it.
They wore patriotic colours, red, white, and blue, and their jackets buttoned at the back, as a daily, practical exercise in fraternal interdependence.
The fading memory of this reviewer can recall the vivid auras emanating from rock musicians on the record jackets of the 1960s.
The computer, an "intrinsically rhetorical device," enfranchises the free play and experimentation that pervade postmodern arts and letters' (jacket).
So, too, the record jacket offers pictures and texts which can enhance the listening experience once that album is brought home.
It is rarely worn without a waistcoat or jacket over it.
He's overheated in his knitted drawers and sorely constricted in his jacket.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with jacket

jacket

These are words often used in combination with jacket.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

blue jacket
The uniform composed of a dark blue jacket like shirt, tannish grey pants, and a dark blue chasseur kepi.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
leather jacket
Series 7 was a regular leather jacket.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
outer jacket
I am interested to read that the power of search by security officers is to be confined to the removal of the outer jacket and gloves.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
 

Translations of jacket

in Chinese (Traditional)
衣服, 短上衣, 夾克…
in Chinese (Simplified)
衣服, 短上衣, 夹克…
in Spanish
chaqueta, americana, sobrecubierta…
in Portuguese
paletó, jaqueta, capa…
in more languages
in Marathi
in Japanese
in Turkish
in French
in Catalan
in Dutch
in Tamil
in Hindi
in Gujarati
in Danish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Urdu
in Ukrainian
in Russian
in Telugu
in Arabic
in Bengali
in Czech
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Korean
in Italian
जाकीट…
ジャケット, 上着(うわぎ), カバー…
ceket, kapı, kapak…
veste [feminine], jaquette [feminine], veste…
jaqueta…
jasje, omslag…
ஒரு சிறிய கோட் (மேலாடை)…
जैकेट…
ટૂંકો કોટ, જાકીટ…
jakke, smudsomslag…
jacka, kavaj, blazer…
jaket, kulit buku…
die Jacke, der Umschlag…
jakke [masculine], omslag [neuter], jakke…
جیکٹ…
жакет, куртка, суперобкладинка…
куртка, пиджак…
ఒక చిన్న ఉన్ని తో తయారైన చొక్కా…
سُتْرة…
জ্যাকেট…
sako, přebal…
jaket, jaket buku…
เสื้อชั้นนอก, กระดาษหุ้มหนังสือ…
áo vét, bìa…
kurtka, marynarka, obwoluta…
자켓…
giacca, giubbotto, giacchetta…
Need a translator?

Get a quick, free translation!

 

Word of the Day

decibel

UK
/ˈdes.ɪ.bel/
US
/ˈdes.ɪ.bel/

a unit for measuring the loudness of sound

About this

New Words

WFB

More new words
has been added to list
Follow us
Choose a dictionary
  • Recent and Recommended
  • Definitions
    Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English
    English Learner’s Dictionary Essential British English Essential American English
  • Grammar and thesaurus
    Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English
    Grammar Thesaurus
  • Pronunciation
    British and American pronunciations with audio
    English Pronunciation
  • Translation
    Click on the arrows to change the translation direction.
    Bilingual Dictionaries
    • English–Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)–English
    • English–Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional)–English
    • English–Dutch Dutch–English
    • English–French French–English
    • English–German German–English
    • English–Indonesian Indonesian–English
    • English–Italian Italian–English
    • English–Japanese Japanese–English
    • English–Norwegian Norwegian–English
    • English–Polish Polish–English
    • English–Portuguese Portuguese–English
    • English–Spanish Spanish–English
    • English–Swedish Swedish–English
    Semi-bilingual Dictionaries
    English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Danish English–Gujarati English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Urdu English–Vietnamese
  • Dictionary +Plus
    Word Lists
My word lists

To add jacket to a word list please sign up or log in.

Sign up or Log in
My word lists

Add jacket to one of your lists below, or create a new one.

More
Go to your word lists
Tell us about this example sentence: