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.
  • If the jars have to be moved, this is where the jar tongs come in real handy

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