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jar¹
- /d͡ʒɑː/ UK
- [d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)] UK
- /d͡ʒɑɹ/ Canada, US
- [d͡ʒɑɹ] Canada, US
- /d͡ʒɐː/ Australia, New Zealand
- [d͡ʒɐː(ɹ)] Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun jars
- An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. She refilled the jar with peanuts today evening.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes. The Leyden jar is charged, like the condenser of Œpinus and the fulminating square, by making one of the armatures communicate with the earth and the other with the electric source.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful. A smaller plate was immersed, while the combustion was in active operation, in a glass jar of carbonic acid gas without any diminution of the incandescence of its surface, showing that the combustion is independent of the atmosphere in which takes place.
- A pint glass
- A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. About a shopping trolley, I thought I'd let ye know. Ya'd try to push it straight but it never seems ta go. Ya'd wobble through the car park, hopping off the cars. Anyone would think ya had a few auld jars.
verb jars · jarring · jarred
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To preserve (food) in a jar.
It's important to consider the safety of jarring food. Eating food that has been spoiled because it wasn't jarred properly correctly can result in the disease botulism.
Similar: bottle
jar²
- /d͡ʒɑː/ UK
- [d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)] UK
- /d͡ʒɑɹ/ Canada, US
- [d͡ʒɑɹ] Canada, US
- /d͡ʒɐː/ Australia, New Zealand
- [d͡ʒɐː(ɹ)] Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From earlier jar, jur, jarre, jurre, of uncertain origin. Possibly from earlier *char, *chur, *charre, *churre (now spelt chirr, churr (“to make a sound”); compare also nightjar and its variant nightchurr), from Middle English *chirren, *cherren, *churren (“to sound, cry, murmur, complain”), from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, gripe, complain with just cause”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”). For the change of ch to j, compare also charm, jarm (“chirping”); achar, ajar (“slightly turned or open”), chaw, jaw, etc. The noun is derived from the verb.
noun jars
- A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
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A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
[...] yet (good-deed) Leontes,
I loue thee not a Iarre o'th' Clock, behind
What Lady she her Lord. You'le stay?
Similar: jolt
- A sense of alarm or dismay.
- The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash. Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
- A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling. So loue does raine / In ſtouteſt minds, and maketh monſtrous warre; / He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yett his peace is but continuall iarre: / O miſerable men, that to him ſubject arre.
verb jars · jarring · jarred
- To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement. He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
- To harm or injure by such action.
- To shock or surprise. I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.
- To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel. VVhen thoſe renoumed^([sic – meaning renowned]) noble Peres of Greece, / thrugh ſtubborn pride amongſt theſelues did iar / forgetfull of the famous golden fleece, / then Orpheus vvith his harp theyr ſtrife did bar.
- To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly. The clashing notes jarred on my ears.
- To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
JAR³
noun JARs
- Initialism of Java archive
- Initialism of Jewish Autonomous Region
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: collide, clash, jounce, jolt, shake up, bump around, flagon, jug, bottle, urn, vat, cup, kettle, cauldron, vial, olla
Translations
Every language
noun small, approximately cylindrical container
| Español | tarro, bote, frasco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 단지 danji, 독 dok |
| 日本語 | 広口瓶 hirokuchibin, ジャー jā, つぼ tsubo |
| 中文 | 罐 guàn, 罐子 guànzi |
| हिन्दी | तसला taslā, मटका maṭkā |
| Português | jarro, jarra |
| Français | pot, bocal |
| Deutsch | Glas, Gefäß |
| Italiano | barattolo, vasetto |
| Ελληνικά | βάζο vázo, γυάλα gyála, κανάτα kanáta |
| Română | borcan |
| Русский | ба́нка bánka, скля́нка skljánka, кувши́н kuvšín |
| Tiếng Việt | hủ |
| العربية | جَرَّة jarra |
| עברית | צִנְצֶנֶת tzintzénet |
noun vibrating movement or sensation
| Deutsch | Ruck, Erschütterung |
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noun sense of alarm
| Deutsch | Schock |
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noun clash
| Deutsch | Zusammenprall |
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noun dispute or quarrel
| Deutsch | Auseinandersetzung, Streit |
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verb to knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement
| Deutsch | erschüttern, rütteln |
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title = {jar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-05}
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