English Explanatory Dictionary

jar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
  2. A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
  3. A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
  4. A pint glass
  5. A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
verb
  1. To preserve (food) in a jar.
noun
  1. A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
  2. A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
  3. A sense of alarm or dismay.
  4. The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
  5. A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.
verb
  1. To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
  2. To harm or injure by such action.
  3. To shock or surprise.
  4. To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
  5. To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
  6. To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
  7. 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
  1. Initialism of Java archive.

Pronunciation

jär /dʒɑː/ [d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)] /d͡ʒɑɹ/ [d͡ʒɑɹ] /dʒɐː/ [d͡ʒɐː(ɹ)] en-us-jar.ogg en-au-jar.ogg

Word forms

jar jars jarring jarred

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”). The word is cognate with Italian giara (“jar; crock”), Occitan jarro, Portuguese jarra, jarro (“jug; ewer, pitcher”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Synonyms

cruse pot bottle jolt

Related words

jorum

Derived words

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