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half-jacket

half-jacket noun: a short coat or jacket.

Noun

half-jacket (plural half-jackets)

  1. A short coat or jacket.
  2. A short bullet jacket which leaves some of the bullet in contact with the bore.

Forms of half-jacket

pluralhalf-jackets

Origin of half-jacket

From half- + jacket.

Questions about half-jacket

What does half-jacket mean?
Half-jacket means a short coat or jacket.
What part of speech is half-jacket?
Half-jacket is a noun.
What is the plural of half-jacket?
The plural of half-jacket is half-jackets.

Words near half-jacket in the dictionary

  1. half-integer
  2. half-integers
  3. half-integral
  4. half-island
  5. half-islands
  6. half-jacket
  7. half-jackets
  8. half-Jew
  9. half-Jews
  10. half-joke
  11. half-joked

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