jacket — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Any of certain types of outerwear. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

2. Any of certain types of outerwear. A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US).

3. Any of certain types of outerwear. An outer garment (usually white) intended for chefs and which may be taken to signify status.

4. Any of certain types of outerwear. A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).

   Uso

   • Appalachia
   • uso britannico

5. Any of certain types of outerwear. A letter jacket.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense

   Esempi

   He's hoping to earn his jacket this year.

6. Any of certain types of outerwear. A lifejacket.

7. A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, bullet, hot water tank, vinyl record). A file jacket.

   Sinonimi

   sleeve

8. A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, bullet, hot water tank, vinyl record). In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

   Sinonimi

   sleeve

9. A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, bullet, hot water tank, vinyl record). The tough outer skin of a baked potato.

   Sinonimi

   sleeve

   Esempi

   Cook the potatoes in their jackets.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Breakfast was composed of a meal which reminded me of a linseed poultice; for dinner there were potatoes boiled in their jackets with beef saltier than the ocean itself.

10. A police record.

    Uso

    • gergo

    Esempi

    Altri esempi (1)

    We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.

    Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.

    "I need to look up somebody's jacket."

11. A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.

    Uso

    • Jamaica

Verbo

1. To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.

   Sinonimi

   straitjacket

   Esempi

   ‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’

2. To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.

   By jacketting the mercury tube determinations can be made at any temperature desired.

   By jacketting the rod and putting the whole resonant-bar device in a pressure vessel, the intrinsic attenuation can be measured under helium confining pressure.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Jaw has been exposed for preserving and jacketting. Note other bone fragments near jaw.

Sostantivo

1. a short coat

   Termini più generali

   coat

2. an outer wrapping or casing

   Termini più generali

   wrappingwrapwrapper

   Esempi

   phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets

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

   Sinonimi

   crowncrownworkjacket crowncap

   Termini più generali

   dental appliance

   Esempi

   tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

4. the outer skin of a potato

   Termini più generali

   peelskin

5. the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

   Termini più generali

   shellcasecasing

Verbo

1. provide with a thermally non-conducting cover

   Termini più generali

   cover

   Esempi

   The tubing needs to be jacketed

2. put a jacket on

   Termini più generali

   dressclotheenclothegarbraimenttoggarmenthabilitatefit outapparel

   Esempi

   The men were jacketed