a wide-mouthed container that is usually cylindrical, made of glass or earthenware, and without handles
2. Also: jarful
the contents or quantity contained in a jar
3. British informal
a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beer
to have a jar with someone
4. obsolete
a measure of electrical capacitance
Word origin
C16: from Old French jarre, from Old Provençal jarra, from Arabic jarrah large earthen vessel
jarful in American English
(ˈdʒɑːrful)
nounWord forms: plural-fuls
the amount that a jar can hold
Word origin
[1865–70; jar1 + -ful]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, goulash, maverick, springboard, valence-ful is a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” (shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful); “tending to,” “able to” (wakeful; harmful); or “as much as will fill” (spoonful)
Examples of 'jarful' in a sentence
jarful
The night before, she had crept out of bed and made a jarful.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Made from those biscuits you get with coffee in hotels, we want to devour this by the jarful.