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jar

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɑː/

The English word “jar” has 18 meanings listed here.

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.
  6. A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
  7. A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
  8. A sense of alarm or dismay.
  9. The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
  10. A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.

verb

  1. To preserve (food) in a jar.
  2. To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
  3. To harm or injure by such action.
  4. To shock or surprise.
  5. To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
  6. To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
  7. To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
  8. Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

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;…

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