jar
Forms
- Plural
- jars
- present (v1)
- jar
- past (v2)
- jarred
- past participle (v3)
- jarred
- present participle
- jarring
- 3rd person singular
- jars
Definitions
1.An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- She refilled the jar with peanuts today evening.
- Lucy Orrinsmith praised the charms of green glazed vases from the Aures mountains and Tunisian coarse clay and terracotta jars.
2.A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- The Leyden jar is charged, like the condenser of Œpinus and the fulminating square, by making one of the armatures communicate with the earth and the other with the electric source.
3.A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
4.A pint glass(colloquial)
1.To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
2.To harm or injure by such action.
3.To shock or surprise.
- I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.
4.To preserve (food) in a jar.
- It's important to consider the safety of jarring food. Eating food that has been spoiled because it wasn't jarred properly correctly can result in the disease botulism.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4626
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English jarre (“jar”), from Medieval Latin jarra, or from Middle French jarre (“liquid measure”) (from Old French jare; modern French jarre (“earthenware jar”)), or from Spanish jarra, jarro (“jug, pitcher; mug, stein”), all from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).