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waterjacket

waterjacket is the alternative form of water jacket.

Meaning of water jacket

Noun

water jacket (plural water jackets)

  1. An enclosed space, or the walls used to create it, that surrounds an object to be heated or cooled by water flowing around it.
    • The headbolt heater consists of a hollow steel bolt containing an electric heating element. This device is designed to heat the water jacket and is applied to the engine head by replacing a headbolt.1949, American Railway Engineering Association, Bulletin - Issues 481-487, page 277
    Synonyms:
    water mantle

Forms of waterjacket

pluralwaterjackets

Questions about waterjacket

What is waterjacket the alternative form of?
Waterjacket is the alternative form of water jacket.

Words near waterjacket in the dictionary

  1. Wateringbury
  2. waterings
  3. waterish
  4. waterishly
  5. waterishness
  6. waterjacket
  7. waterjacketed
  8. waterjackets
  9. waterjet
  10. waterjets
  11. waterjug

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