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Definition of "water-jacket" [water-jacket]

  • To encase in or provide with a water jacket. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "water-jacket" in a sentence
  • "Fig. 10.3: Constructional drawing of a water-jacket plant."
  • "The water-jacket is particularly suitable where human excrement is to be digested."
  • "The water-jacket plant (Figure 33) is a special case of the floating-drum plant."