jar

noun

/dʒɑː(r)/

/dʒɑːr/

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[countable] a round glass container, with a lid (= cover), used for storing food, especially jam, honey, etc.
- a storage jar
see also jam jar, Kilner jar™, Mason jar
Extra Examples
- She filled the jars with the tomato sauce.
- an empty jam jar
Topics Cooking and eatingb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
verb + jar
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
jar + verb
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
preposition
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
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[countable] a jar and what it contains
- a jar of coffee
see also cookie jarTopics Cooking and eatingb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
verb + jar
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
jar + verb
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
preposition
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
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[countable] a tall container with a wide mouth, with or without handles, used in the past for carrying water, etc.
- a water jar
- These enormous stone jars are thought to be more than 2 000 years old.
see also bell jar
[countable] (British English, informal) a glass of beer
- Do you fancy a jar after work?
[singular] an unpleasant shock, especially from things being suddenly shaken or hit
- The fall gave him a nasty jar.

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 late 16th cent.: from French jarre, from Arabic jarra. noun sense 5 late 15th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘disagreement, dispute’): probably imitative.

jar

verb

/dʒɑː(r)/

/dʒɑːr/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they jar	/dʒɑː(r)/ /dʒɑːr/
he / she / it jars	/dʒɑːz/ /dʒɑːrz/
past simple jarred	/dʒɑːd/ /dʒɑːrd/
past participle jarred	/dʒɑːd/ /dʒɑːrd/
-ing form jarring	/ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] to give or receive a sudden sharp painful knock
- jar something The jolt seemed to jar every bone in her body.
- jar (something) (on something) The spade jarred on something metal.
- He jarred his knee in training yesterday.
[intransitive, transitive] jar (on something) | jar (something) to have an unpleasant or annoying effect synonym grate
- His constant moaning was beginning to jar on her nerves.
- There was a jarring note of triumph in his voice.
- Her laugh was beginning to jar on me.
[intransitive] jar (with something) to be different from something in a strange or unpleasant way synonym clash
- Her brown shoes jarred with the rest of the outfit.
- The only jarring note was the cheap modern furniture.
- The dirty old building jarred with the luxury hotels.

Word Originverb late 15th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘disagreement, dispute’): probably imitative.