Meaning & use
schacket
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Meaning
nouncountableinformal
A loose, thick garment with the collar and buttons of a shirt but the weight of a light jacket, worn over other clothes.
Grammar: Regular plural: a schacket, two schackets.
Patterns
- wear a schacket
- a schacket over something
I wore a wool schacket over a T-shirt for the cool autumn evening.
She bought a green corduroy schacket because it works as a shirt or a coat.
He left his schacket on the back of the chair.
Word forms
| plural | schackets |
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Common combinations
- a flannel schacket
- He lives in a flannel schacket from October to March.
- wear a schacket over
- Wear a schacket over a hoodie for extra warmth.
- an oversized schacket
- The oversized schacket looked relaxed and stylish.
- layer a schacket
- Layer a schacket on top of a sweater on cold days.
Synonyms and how they differ
- overshirt
- An overshirt is the more neutral fashion term for the same item, whereas schacket sounds chattier and trendier.
- shirt jacket
- Shirt jacket spells out the two parts, so it is clearer to new readers than the blended schacket.
- workwear jacket
- A workwear jacket is tougher and more practical, while a schacket is usually a fashion choice.
Word family
Commonly confused: schacket or packet?
schacket vs packet
A packet is a small container or parcel, and has nothing to do with clothing despite the similar sound.
Practice
It was too warm for a coat but too chilly for just a shirt, so she put on a ____.
Choose one answer.
A schacket is a shirt-weight jacket suited to in-between weather. A scarf is wearable but is not a shirt-jacket hybrid.
Make it your own
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