dust jacket

noun

The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide a blurb.

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Meanings

noundust jacket (plural dust jackets)

plural dust jackets

  1. mediaThe detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide a blurb.

    Synonyms: bookjacket, dustcover

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide a blurb.

Similar
bookjacketdustcover

More synonyms by meaning

nouna paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed

Similar
book jacketdust coverdust wrapper
Broader
jacket
Also see
bookjacketdustcover

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans boekomslag
  • boekomslagdetachable protective cover of a book
Bengali মলাট
  • মলাট (molaṭ)detachable protective cover of a book
Bulgarian калъфка
  • калъфка (kalăfka)detachable protective cover of a book
Catalan sobrecoberta, camisa
  • sobrecobertadetachable protective cover of a book
  • camisadetachable protective cover of a book
Chinese Mandarin 書皮 /书皮, 護封 /护封
  • 書皮 /书皮 (shūpí)detachable protective cover of a book
  • 護封 /护封 (hùfēng)detachable protective cover of a book
  • 書衣 /书衣 (shūyī)detachable protective cover of a book
  • 書套 /书套 (shūtào)detachable protective cover of a book
  • 封套 (fēngtào)detachable protective cover of a book
Dutch boekomslag
  • boekomslagdetachable protective cover of a book
Finnish suojakansi
  • suojakansidetachable protective cover of a book
French jaquette, liseuse
  • jaquettedetachable protective cover of a book
  • liseusedetachable protective cover of a book
German Schutzumschlag, Buchumschlag
  • Schutzumschlagdetachable protective cover of a book
  • Buchumschlagdetachable protective cover of a book
Hungarian borító, védőborító
  • borítódetachable protective cover of a book
  • védőborítódetachable protective cover of a book
  • könyvborítódetachable protective cover of a book
Icelandic kápa
  • kápadetachable protective cover of a book
Japanese カバ－, ブックカバー
  • カバ－ (kabā)detachable protective cover of a book
  • ブックカバー (bukku kabā)detachable protective cover of a book
Polish obwoluta
  • obwolutadetachable protective cover of a book
Portuguese sobrecapa
  • sobrecapadetachable protective cover of a book
Russian суперобло́жка
  • суперобло́жка (superoblóžka)detachable protective cover of a book
Spanish sobrecubierta, forro
  • sobrecubiertadetachable protective cover of a book
  • forrodetachable protective cover of a book
Swedish skyddsomslag
  • skyddsomslagdetachable protective cover of a book
Tagalog pabalat, balot-aklat
  • pabalatdetachable protective cover of a book
  • balot-aklatdetachable protective cover of a book
Welsh siaced lwch
  • siaced lwchdetachable protective cover of a book
Cite this entry
APA

dust jacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20jacket

MLA

“dust jacket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20jacket. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dust jacket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20jacket.

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