jacket

/dʒˈækət/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a short coat
2. an outer wrapping or casing
   “phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets”
3. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
   “tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown”
4. the outer skin of a potato
5. the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

verb

1. provide with a thermally non-conducting cover
   “The tubing needs to be jacketed”
2. put a jacket on
   “The men were jacketed”

Synonyms for jacket

• crown
• crownwork
• jacket crown
• cap

Words that rhyme with jacket

• packet
• straitjacket
• bacot
• jacot