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- Dictionaryjar/jär/
verb
- 1. send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body): "he jarred his knee in training" Similar
- 2. have an unpleasant, annoying, or disturbing effect: "a laugh that jarred on the ears" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a physical shock or jolt: "the train stopped without the slightest jar"
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The meaning of JAR is a widemouthed container made typically of earthenware or glass. How to use jar in a sentence.
JAR definition: 1. a glass or clay container with a wide opening at the top and sometimes a fitted lid, usually…. Learn more.
Jar definition: a broad-mouthed container, usually cylindrical and of glass or earthenware. See examples of JAR used in a sentence.
a container made of glass, stone, earthenware, etc., usually cylindrical, with a large opening and no spout: some jars have handles 2. as much as a jar will hold
1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles. 2. The amount that a jar can hold. 3. Chiefly British A glass of beer. tr.v. jarred, jar·ring, jars. To put into a jar.
A jar is a smooth-sided, round container that's often made of glass. Jars are useful for storing food, from rice to tea bags to cookies. A wide-mouth jar made of pottery might hold Oreos, and a small, short jar could contain homemade jam. When you put something in a jar, you jar it.
Definition of jar noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
JAR definition: 1. a glass container used for storing food: 2. to move suddenly, hitting something and causing…. Learn more.
jar. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Utensils, Drink jar1 /dʒɑː $ dʒɑːr/ S3 noun [ countable] 1 a glass container with a wide top and a lid, used for storing food such as jam or honey, or the amount it contains a jam jar half a jar of peanut butter 2 a container made of clay, stone etc, used especially in ...
a broad-mouthed container, usually cylindrical and of glass or earthenware: a cookie jar. the quantity such a container can or does hold. Arabic jarrah earthen water vessel. Old Provencal jarra. Middle French jarre. 1585–95. jar′less, adj. jar2 ( jär), v., jarred, jar•ring, n. v.i.
