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jar


Definition: Meaning of, jar in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dʒɑː /

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jar jars
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  1. a glass container with a wide top and a lid, used for storing food such as JAM or HONEY, or the amount it contains
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  2. a container made of clay, stone etc used especially in the past for keeping food or drink in
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  3. British English informal a glass of beer
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
jar jarred jarred
Present Participle Third Person Singular
jarring jars
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to make someone feel annoyed or shocked
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  2. [intransitive and transitive] to shake or hit something in a way that damages it or makes it loose
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  3. [intransitive] to be different in style or appearance from something else and therefore look strange
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jar used in phrases

  • Leiden jar (noun)
    1. an electrostatic capacitor of historical interest
  • Leyden jar (noun)
    1. an electrostatic capacitor of historical interest
  • Mason jar (noun)
    1. American English a glass pot with a tight lid, used for preserving fruit and vegetables [=  Kilner jar British English]
  • bell jar (noun)
    1. a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases
  • canopic jar (noun)
    1. a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body
  • cookie jar (noun)
    1. and sometimes money is hidden a jar in which cookies are kept
  • cookie jar reserve (noun)
    1. a hidden reserve that can be used to adjust quarterly earning reports
  • cooky jar (noun)
    1. and sometimes money is hidden a jar in which cookies are kept
  • earthenware jar (noun)
    1. made of baked clay an earthen jar
  • jar against (verb)
    1. collide violently with an obstacle
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