Definitions for Jersey

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Jersey jer·sey

Spelling: [jur-zee]

IPA: /ˈdʒɜr zi/

Jersey is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in Jersey (eejrsy).

Definitions for Jersey

noun

1. a close-fitting, knitted sweater or shirt.
2. a plain-knit, machine-made fabric of wool, silk, nylon, rayon, etc., characteristically soft and elastic, used for garments.
3. (initial capital letter) one of a breed of dairy cattle, raised originally on the island of Jersey, producing milk with a high butterfat content.
4. a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
5. Informal. New Jersey.

Origin of Jersey

First recorded in 1575-85; after Jersey

Examples for Jersey

Along with her husband Kevin, she owns Thirty Acres, a seasonal farm-to-table restaurant in jersey City.

Then he came back, on the way stopping to get into his jersey.

And by “stars,” I mean the casts of jersey Boys and Spider-Man!

At any rate I think he should be brought West to help on the jersey boom.

Back in jersey City, Booker is still talking in the parking lot.

But in jersey City the fight goes on, with fabulous organ accompaniment.

In 1988 he was jailed for seven months when police in jersey found half an ounce of cocaine on board his chopper.

You are killed by the jersey Eagle, you are to the world buried.

At last he wrote to me from the island of jersey, where he had been cast by a storm.

After the events in jersey, you remember I left the island and came abroad.