jacket

Definition

  • n. a short coat
  • n. an outer wrapping or casing
  • n. the outer skin of a potato
  • n. the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

Word forms

Present participle
jacketing
Past tense
jacketed
Third person singular
jackets
Past participle
jacketed

Example sentences

  1. n.

    I wore my favorite jacket to keep warm on the chilly evening.

  2. vt.

    Please jacket the new book to protect its cover.