Usually means: Container for storing liquids, solids.
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We found 55 dictionaries that define the word jar:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. jar: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. jar, jar, jar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jar, jar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jar: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jar: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jar, jar: Wordnik
  7. jar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. JAR, jar: Wiktionary
  9. jar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jar: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jar, Jar, jar: Dictionary.com
  13. jar (n.), jar (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. jar: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. J.A.R, JAR (file format), JAR, Jar (album), Jar (disambiguation), Jar (file format), Jar (unit), Jar, The Jar, .jar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Jar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. jar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. jar: Rhymezone
  19. jar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. jar: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. jar: Free Dictionary
  22. jar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. jar: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. jar: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. jar: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. jar: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. jar: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. JAR (file format), jar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jar: MedFriendly Glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. jar: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. JAR: Acronym Finder
  4. JAR: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. jar: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. jar, jar, jar, jar, jar: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. jar: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Jar: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Jar: Bottle Glossary
  3. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  6. JAR: Web Hosting Glossary

(Note: See jarful as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
noun:  A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
noun:  A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
noun:  (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
noun:  (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
verb:  (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
noun:  (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
noun:  (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
noun:  (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
noun:  (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
noun:  (countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.
verb:  (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
verb:  (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
verb:  (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
verb:  (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.
noun:  (file format, Java programming language) Initialism of Java archive.

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