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jar¹ Definition

jar (jär)

intransitive verb jarred, jar′·ring

  1. to make a harsh sound or a discord; grate
  2. to have a harsh, irritating effect (on one)
  3. to shake or vibrate from a sudden impact
  4. to clash, disagree, or quarrel sharply

Etymology: ult. echoic

transitive verb

  1. to make vibrate or shake by sudden impact
  2. to cause to give a harsh or discordant sound
  3. to jolt or shock

noun

  1. a harsh, grating sound; discord
  2. a vibration due to a sudden impact
  3. a jolt or shock
  4. a sharp clash, disagreement, or quarrel

jar² Definition

jar (jär)

noun

  1. a container made of glass, stone, earthenware, etc., usually cylindrical, with a large opening and no spout: some jars have handles
  2. as much as a jar will hold

Etymology: ME jarre < Fr jarre < OProv or Sp jarra < Ar jarrah, earthen water container

jar³ Definition

jar (jär)

noun

Archaic a turn

Etymology: see ajar

jar Synonyms

jar

n.

  1. A glass or earthen container

    crock, pot, fruit jar, Mason jar, can, vessel, basin, beaker, jug, cruet, vat, canister, decanter, pitcher, ewer, bottle, carafe, flagon, flask, cruse, burette, phial, gallipot, vase, amphora, ampulla, chalice, mug, Toby jug, urn, canopic jar, olla, pithos (Greek), dolium (Latin); see also bottle, container.

  2. The contents of a jar

    pot, quart, pint, jarful, jugful, can, tin; see also contents 1.

  3. A jolt

    jounce, thud, shock; see bump 1.

jar Synonyms

jar

v.

  1. To cause to tremble

    shake, shake up, agitate, jolt, bounce, jounce, jiggle, bump, thump, bang, wiggle, rock, jerk, slam, rattle, wobble, vibrate; see also crash 4, hit 1, 2.

  2. To create discordant sounds

    grate, clash, jangle, bang; see sound 1.

  3. To disconcert

    rattle, shock, jolt; see disturb 2.

jar Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • mincemeat: From glass water bottles and jars of mincemeat, to soft drink cans and bubbly bottles, these containers can all be recycled.
  • marmalade: He could eat 7 jars of marmalade a day.
  • gherkin: There were queues out of the door as curious Orcadians checked out the giant jars of gherkins, plastic flip-flops and tubs of sauerkraut.
  • pickle: There's this jar of pickles sitting in the fridge.
  • honey: Its weaver wants a jar of wild forest honey in exchange.
  • jam: Roses and Rose petals jam pink 51 roses A round bouquet with a jar of rose petals jam.

Converse of object

  • sterilize: Transfer them to sterilized jars with a slotted spoon along with the spices.

Adjective modifier

  • Canopic: Current museum projects include investigating the contents or a New Kingdom canopic jar through CT scanning and the creation of a virtual museum.
  • screw-top: Please contact me if you have any suitable screw-top jam jars.
  • earthenware: An Arab peasant, digging around a boulder, chanced upon an old, red, earthenware jar.
  • marmalade: The Marmalade Man was roughly the size of a marmalade jar, and shook his head as he walked over to Willie's bowl.
  • lidded: Store in a tightly lidded jar, away from heat and sunlight.
  • airtight: NOTE: This sauce may be stored for several weeks in an airtight jar.

Preposition: with

  • lid: Colin Hattee has 1lb squat honey jars with lids for sale.

Noun used with modifier

  • jam: The next morning he wakes in his bed, late for work at the Jam factory, putting jam into jam jars.
  • pickle: I am afraid they will eat me and put my dead brother in a pickle jar.
  • leyden: A third sphere contained a small charge of gunpowder which could be set off by a spark from an external leyden jar.
  • quart: Here's how I do it: Put 4 ounces of dried Echinacea augustifolia root in a quart jar.
  • glass: Pour the mixture into a glass jar - a coffee jar is ideal.
  • cookie: Now look at the picture of Horace with his hand in the cookie jar.
jar Quotes

   Calm soul of all things! make it mine To feel, amid the city's jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not make, and cannot mar.

—Arnold, Matthew

Or would you like to swing on a star Carry moonbeams home in a jar And be better off than you are Or would you rather be a fish?

—Burke,Johnny

Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail china jar receive a flaw, Or stain her honour, or her new brocade, Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade.

—Pope, Alexander

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been, Lives in a dream. Waits at the window, wearing the facethat she keeps in a jar by the door, Who is it for? All the lonely people, where do they all come from?

—Paul

I placed a jar inTennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill.

—Stevens,Wallace

Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem testa diu. The first scent you pour in a jar lasts for years.

—Horace full name  Quintus Horatius Flaccus   65