jar
noun/dʒɑː(r)/
/dʒɑːr/
- [countable] a round glass container, with a lid (= cover), used for storing food, especially jam, honey, etc.
- a storage jar
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb2- She filled the jars with the tomato sauce.
- an empty jar
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
- [countable] a jar and what it contains
- a jar of coffee
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
- [countable] a tall container with a wide mouth, with or without handles, used in the past for carrying water, etc.
- a water jar
- These enormous stone jars are thought to be more than 2 000 years old.
- [countable] (British English, informal) a glass of beer
- Do you fancy a jar after work?
- [singular] an unpleasant shock, especially from things being suddenly shaken or hit
- The fall gave him a nasty jar.
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 late 16th cent.: from French jarre, from Arabic jarra. noun sense 5 late 15th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘disagreement, dispute’): probably imitative.
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