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metal jacket

metal jacket noun: the outer casing or covering of certain types of ammunition, specifically the casing that surrounds the lead or other core material.

Noun

metal jacket (plural metal jackets)

  1. The outer casing or covering of certain types of ammunition, specifically the casing that surrounds the lead or other core material.

Forms of metal jacket

pluralmetal jackets

Words formed from metal jacket

Questions about metal jacket

What does metal jacket mean?
Metal jacket means the outer casing or covering of certain types of ammunition, specifically the casing that surrounds the lead or other core material.
What part of speech is metal jacket?
Metal jacket is a noun.
What is the plural of metal jacket?
The plural of metal jacket is metal jackets.

Words near metal jacket in the dictionary

  1. metal halide lamp
  2. metal halide lamps
  3. metal homeostasis
  4. metal hydride
  5. metal hydrides
  6. metal jacket
  7. metal jackets
  8. metal malaria
  9. metal master
  10. metal masters
  11. Metal Mike

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