jacket
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A short coat with sleeves that you wear over your other clothes, usually closed at the front with a zip or buttons.
Zip up your jacket before we go outside.
He hung his jacket on the back of the chair.
This jacket has a hood you can fold away.
My jacket is waterproof, so light rain never bothers me.
Common collocations: leather jacket · denim jacket · put on a jacket · take off your jacket · waterproof jacket
Part of: Clothes
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
A paper cover that folds around the hard outside of a book to protect it.
The library book had lost its jacket long ago.
He slid the jacket off before lending me the book.
The jacket shows a short summary on the inside flap.
Common collocations: dust jacket · the back of the jacket · a torn jacket
Part of: Books and reading