jacket
part of speech
noun (a jacket, jackets)
meaning for a pupil
1) A jacket is a short coat with sleeves that you wear over other clothes. tree →
2) A jacket is also a cover for something: a book jacket, a jacket potato (a potato baked with its skin). tree →
3) A life jacket is a vest that keeps you floating in water. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life you wear a jacket when it is cool, windy or wet; a waterproof jacket for rain, a hi-vis (bright yellow or orange) jacket to be seen on roads. In water safety lessons always wear a life jacket on boats and kayaks. In stories a character's jacket can be a clue. Phrases: put on your jacket, take off your jacket, life jacket, rain jacket, jacket potato, hi-vis jacket.
examples
- Put on your jacket; it's chilly outside. tree →
- My jacket has a hood for when it rains. tree →
- Always wear a life jacket on a boat. tree →
- We had jacket potatoes with cheese for lunch. tree →
- He hung his jacket on the hook. tree →
- Cyclists wear bright jackets so drivers can see them. tree →
- The jacket of this book has a dragon on it. tree →
- I left my jacket at school. tree →
- It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new. tree →
note
Countable: jackets. A jacket is usually shorter and lighter than a coat. A life jacket should fit snugly and be done up, or it can slip off in the water.
In the corpora
- Paper is soaked and mashed into new paper, and plastic bottles can be spun into threads for fleece jackets.
- Plastic bottles can be melted and spun into fibres for fleece jackets; a jacket is often said to take about 25 bottles.
- Everyone in a small boat should wear a life jacket.
- Everyone on a boat should wear a life jacket.
- In a boat or canoe you always wear a life jacket that fits.
Trees and pragmatics
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