Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water jacket

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter -jack-et
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enclosed space, or the walls used to create it, that surrounds an object to be heated or cooled by water flowing around it.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

water jackets (plural)

Synonyms

water mantle

Questions

What does water jacket mean?: An enclosed space, or the walls used to create it, that surrounds an object to be heated or cooled by water flowing around it.

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