jar
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1.0
- noun
- /dʒɑr/
- Mom reached into the cookie jar where she always kept chocolate chip cookies, her family's favorite.
- a jar of rice
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Watch on YouTubeLastly, you would need one jar of tomato sauce.
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Examples
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I was bringing her a jar of honey.
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Above the chest, a shelf was lined with jars and small pouches.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now you go into the store, and you buy it in a jar or in a can--
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How much would he give me for a jar full of them?
Fiction book (1993) -
I mean, I felt like I was eating a jar of peanut butter.
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After your mother died, you ate one jar of her preserves every day until they were all gone.
Fiction book (1993) -
The twins had reached their goal: a jar of peppermints on the top shelf.
Fiction book (1995) -
We're just going to take the pears here and put them in the jars first.
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We have seen some huge shortages with things like canning jars, but also things like vacuum sealers.
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She filled the jar with homemade jam to give as a gift.
Synonyms
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2.5
An amount that fills a jar
Compounds
- Specialized
3
6.9
A glass cover shaped like a bell used to protect fragile things like clocks or small objects
- Specialized
2
9.9
A jar with a lid used in ancient Egypt to hold the organs removed from a dead body
- Specialized
1
9.9
A glass jar that stores electric charge using metal foil inside and outside
- Specialized
1
9.9
A hidden amount of money a company keeps to make profits look steady
- Texting
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3.7
A part of a web browser or program that keeps small pieces of information for signing in and site settings
- Archaic
A glass jar that stores static electricity with metal foil inside and outside
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Etymology
Jar The meaning of jar as the amount something holds comes from the container sense: people often say 'a jar of' honey or jam to name that quantity, just like 'a cup of'.