Definitions for water-jacket

water-jacket wa·ter-jack·et

Spelling: [waw-ter-jak-it, wot-er-]
IPA: /ˈwɔ tərˌdʒæk ɪt, ˈwɒt ər-/

Water-Jacket is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 318 anagrams from letters in water-jacket (-aaceejkrttw).

Definitions for water-jacket

noun

  1. a water-filled casing or compartment used to water-cool something, as an engine or machine gun.

verb (used with object)

  1. to surround or fit with a water jacket.

Origin of water-jacket

First recorded in 1875-80

Examples for water-jacket

A double cylinder formed a water-jacket, connected with a water and steam chamber above, and a water-chamber below.

They are all water-cooled, having a water-jacket of (p. 050) sheet metal entirely surrounding the barrel.

Fixed: a barrel-casing, which is also a water-jacket, and breech-casing.

Each cylinder is surrounded by a water-jacket, through which water is circulated by a pump (Fig. 43).

To the right is the fire-box, surrounded on all sides by a water-jacket in direct communication with the barrel of the boiler.

He pulled the Maxim's block and threw it away; shot the water-jacket full of holes.

The loss of heat through the water-jacket is thus less in the case of a high-compression than in that of a low-compression motor.

In a steam-boiler the burning fuel is enclosed either by fire-brick or a "water-jacket," forming part of the boiler.

He cooled the cylinder by injecting water as well as using a water-jacket, and used flame instead of electric ignition.

It does not heat fast, so has no need of a water-jacket, any surplus heat being removed by a system of radiation.

Word Value for water-jacket
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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