jacket
v.
put on a jacket; cover with a jacket; provide with a cover; cover a pipe to insulate
jacket
Noun
1. a short coat
(hypernym) coat
(hyponym) banyan, banian
2. an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
(hypernym) wrapping, wrap, wrapper
(hyponym) record jacket
3. (dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or decayed tooth
(synonym) jacket crown
(hypernym) crown
(classification) dentistry, dental medicine, odontology
4. the outer skin of a potato
(hypernym) peel, skin
(part-holonym) potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater
5. the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
(hypernym) shell, case, casing
Verb
1. provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed"
(hypernym) cover
2. put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"
(hypernym) dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
Jacketing
(n.)
The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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