Jacket Definition

jăkĭt
jackets
noun
jackets
A coat extending to the waist or hips, usually with long sleeves.
Webster's New World
An outer coating or covering.
Webster's New World

Sport jacket.

Webster's New World

A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat (US)

Wiktionary

A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (eg a book, hot water tank.)

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
jackets
To put a jacket, or coat, on.
Webster's New World
To cover with a casing, wrapper, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Jacket

Noun

Singular:
jacket
Plural:
jackets

Origin of Jacket

  • Middle English jaket from Old French jaquet diminutive of jaque short jacket, tunic from jacques nickname for French peasants from the name Jacques jack

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

    From Wiktionary

Jacket Sentence Examples

  • Inside his leather jacket it was warm and cozy - falsely secure.

  • Her jacket was draped over a chair across the room.

  • Jenn unbuttoned her jacket one button at a time.

  • A young man in a tan jacket waited at the foot of the stairs looking ill at ease.

  • Placing a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, his long fingers then searched the pockets of his brown tweed jacket and finally emerged with a match.

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Words Starting With

JJAJAC

Words Ending With

TETKET

Unscrambles

jacket

Words Starting With J and Ending With T

Starts With J & Ends With TStarts With JA & Ends With TStarts With J & Ends With ET

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With J6 Letter Words Ending With T