jar
IPA: dʒˈɑr
noun
- (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.
verb
- (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.
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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.