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    [Noun]  | "jar" | \ ˈjär \


    1: a widemouthed container made typically of earthenware or glass

    2: as much as a jar will hold


    Origin: 1592 ;

     Middle French jarre, from Old Occitan jarra, from Arabic jarra earthen water vessel;

    [Noun]  | "jar" 


    1: a sudden or unexpected shake

    2: an unsettling shock

    3: an unpleasant break or conflict in rhythm, flow, or transition


    Origin: 1537 ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "jar" 


    1: the position of being ajar —usually used in the phrase on the jar


    Origin: 1674 ;

     Alteration of earlier char turn, from Middle English {mat|chare|};

    [Noun]  | "bell jar" 


    1: a bell-shaped usually glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum


    Origin: 1806 ;

    [Noun]  | "ca*no*pic jar" | \ kə-ˈnō-pik- \


    1: a jar in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the viscera of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummy


    Origin: 1893 ;

     Canopus, Egyptian;

    [Noun]  | "Ley*den jar" | \ ˈlī-dᵊn- \


    1: an electrical capacitor consisting of a glass jar coated inside and outside with metal foil and having the inner coating connected to a conducting rod passed through an insulating stopper


    Origin: 1825 ;

     Leiden, Leyden, Netherlands;

    [Noun]  | "mason jar" 


    1: a widemouthed jar used especially for home canning


    Origin: 1888 ;

     John L. Mason, †1902 American metalsmith;

    [Noun]  | "slop jar" 


    1: a large pail used as a chamber pot or to receive waste water from a washbowl or the contents of chamber pots


    Origin: 1855 ;

    [Verb]  | "jar" 


    1: to have a harshly disagreeable or disconcerting effect

    2: to make a harsh or discordant sound

    3: to be out of harmony; specifically : bicker


    Origin: 1526 ;

     Probably of imitative origin;

    [Noun]  | "jar" 


    1: a forceful coming together of two things;


      * e.g., " ... this padded case should protect your laptop from the jars normally experienced while traveling "



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    2: something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected;


      * e.g., " ... the flow of her day was interrupted with the jar of an unexpected crisis "



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    3: a harsh grating sound;


      * e.g., " ... the jar of a stuck car door "



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    [Verb]  | "jar" 


    1: to express different opinions about something often angrily;


      * e.g., " ... those two coworkers have such incompatible personalities that it's no wonder they constantly jar "





    2: to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably;


      * e.g., " ... the bright orange of the walls jars with the light pastels of the furnishings "



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