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▸ 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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mason jar,
canning jar,
jelly jar,
pickling jar,
spice jar,
baby food jar,
mayonnaise jar,
peanut butter jar,
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