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Jacke — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jacket noun A garment for the upper body, worn over a shirt, usually reaching the waist or thigh.
  • windbreaker noun A lightweight jacket designed to block wind and light rain.

Senses

Jacke is used for these senses in English:

  • jacket A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
  • jacket A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
  • jerkin (historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
  • windbreaker A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.

jacket — full definition

  1. noun A garment for the upper body, worn over a shirt, usually reaching the waist or thigh.
  2. noun A protective outer covering or casing wrapped around something, such as a hot water tank or the skin of a baked potato.
  3. verb To enclose or wrap something in a protective covering.

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