Collocations for "jacket"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "jacket" in context.
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jacket
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [down, light, leather, wind, rain] jacket
- a [summer, winter, fall] jacket
- this jacket is too [small, warm, big]
- [zip, button, do] up your jacket
- [unzip, unbutton, undo, unfasten] your jacket
- put on your jacket
- take off your jacket
- hang up your jacket
- [can, may] I take your jacket?
- get your jacket [washed, cleaned, dry-cleaned]
- a jacket for [men, women, children]
- a jacket with a hood
- this jacket is [perfect, designed] for
- your life jacket is [under, above]
- a [record, book] jacket
- the (book's) dust jacket
- [book, record] (still) in its original jacket
- did you check your jacket pocket?
- found it in my jacket pocket
- put up my jacket hood
- jacket size
- UK: ate a jacket potato
- jacket [the cable, a bullet]
- jacketed with [brass, copper, glass]
- jacketed to [provide, permit, resist]
- jacketed the [satellite, cable, bullet]
- jacketed and [insulated, shielded, protected]
'jacket' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blazer
- blouse
- book
- brown
- brush
- buff
- bulky
- bundle
- button
- cape
- charcoal
- cheetah
- chilly
- cleaner
- complement
- condition
- crease
- damp
- dampen
- distress
- down
- drape
- dust
- embroidery
- facing
- felt
- fetch
- fit
- flap
- fleece
- fluffy
- fuzzy
- glove
- good-looking
- goose
- hang
- her
- hide
- his
- hole
- hood
- hook
- lead
- leather
- line
- linen
- lining
- matching
- measured
- mileage