jar

IPA: dʒˈɑr

(originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
(Britain, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
(Britain, Ireland, colloquial, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
(countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
(countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
(countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
(countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
(countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.
(file format, Java programming language) Initialism of Java archive.

(transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
(transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
(transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
(transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
(transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
(intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

Examples of "jar" in Sentences

The jar is filled with water.
Filling this jar is your work.
The liquid is mixed in the jar.
The man poured water in the jar.
The pickles are preserved in a jar.
The action comes in jarring spasms.
The actual sound is jarring and misleading.
It opens with jarring rhythms and the sounds of warfare.
He also says myrrh was used to fumigate wine jars before bottling.
Either Cochota or Ochota, the white Agua in the jar is a favorite.
Here we have jca31. jar that we'll run with a Java virtual machine.. jar_
If the jars have to be moved, this is where the jar tongs come in real handy
Andrew Davie - I'll venture that the hand in the jar is the key to all of this.
Make sure if you use a container for your candle that the jar is a heat safe container.
Next to the jar is a box big enough to hold the jar, and a notecard that reads: Directions: Place vertigo in box.
# Build classpath with all jars in the lib directory for jar in lib/*. jar do classpath = \$classpath: \$jar done java - Xincgc - ea - Xms256m - Xmx1024m - classpath \$classpath com. blurb.booksmart.application.