a short coat
jacket
How to use jacket in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for jacket.
Editorial note
So, I wore a light jacket under my warmer jacket.
Quick take
a short coat
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of jacket gathered in one view.
an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for jacket.
noun
a short coat
noun
an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
noun
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
noun
the outer skin of a potato
noun
the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
verb
provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed"
verb
put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"
Example sentences
So, I wore a light jacket under my warmer jacket.
He probably saves the world in a dinner jacket in his spare time.
"My name is Barack Obama, and I'm the guy that got Mark to wear a jacket and tie.
The bloke had just stood at the entrance with a yellow jacket and a sign and started collecting money.
It's probably inside the coolant jacket as well to prevent expansion and the loss of efficiency that would bring.
When I greeted him at the airport, he remarked on how ridiculous that was, as he produced his fountain pen from his jacket pocket.
"Someone get me a crowbar" will get no response, but "You, in the red jacket, get a crowbar or something to open this" will usually get the effect you want.
Am I the only developer who actually likes working with relational data and do not think of a schema as a straight-jacket?
Seems like every winter I hear the obituary on the news of people who go off the road and try to hoof it somewhere miles away in a normal winter jacket, jeans, and boots.
This never really fit very well into Hip-Hop and girls, and "looking cool" Patterson - though I did rock this sweet leather jacket once, but I drew some blanks when I channeled my inner James Dean.
Look for the professor in the tweed jacket, with horn-rimmed glasses, and the gaze which pierces through both his students' excuses for late homework and statistical irregularities.
Atwood wrote: "The idea that you'd settle down in a deep leather chair with your smoking jacket and a snifter of brandy for a fine evening of reading through someone else's code is absurd.
Clean jeans without holes, a plain t-shirt, without obscure band names or sarcastic slogans, black leather shoes and a jacket will make you look far better dressed than badly fitting suit that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use jacket in a sentence?
So, I wore a light jacket under my warmer jacket.
What does jacket mean?
a short coat
What part of speech is jacket?
jacket is commonly used as noun, verb.