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dust jacket
dust jacketn.1. A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book. Also called dust cover.2. A cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is packaged.dust jacket or dust covern (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a removable paper cover used to protect a bound book. Also called: book jacket or jacket jack•et (ˈdʒæk ɪt)
n. 1. a short coat, in any of various forms, usu. opening down the front. 2. a garmentlike article designed to be placed around the body for some use other than as clothing. Compare life jacket, straitjacket. 3. a protective outer covering. 4. the skin of a potato, esp. when it has been cooked. 5. a removable paper cover for protecting the binding of a book, usu. bearing the title and author's name. 6. an envelope, holder, or cover of cardboard or paper, as for a phonograph record or a document. 7. a metal casing, as the steel covering around the barrel of a gun or the core of a bullet. v.t. 8. to put a jacket on. [1425–75; jaket < Middle French ja(c)quet=jaque(s) jacket, short, plain upper garment, probably after jacques peasant (see Jacquerie) + -et -et] jack′et•ed, adj. jack′et•less, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dust jacket - a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printedbook jacket, dust cover, dust wrapperjacket - an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets" |
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Synonyms for dust jacketnoun a paper jacket for a bookSynonyms- book jacket
- dust cover
- dust wrapper
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