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   Jack·et

   /ˈjakət/

   

   noun

   • 1. an outer garment extending either to the waist or the hips, typically having sleeves and a fastening down the front.
   • ▪ an outer covering, especially one placed around a tank or pipe to insulate it.
   • ▪ a metal casing for a bullet.
   • ▪ the skin of a potato: "potatoes cooked in their jackets"
   • ▪ the dust jacket of a book.
   • ▪ a record sleeve.
   • ▪ a steel frame fixed to the seabed, forming the support structure of an oil production platform.

   verb

   • 1. cover with a jacket.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French jaquet, diminutive of jaque (see jack2).

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