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Noun
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(n)
jar
(a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)
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(n)
amphora
(an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine)
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(n)
beaker
(a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry)
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(n)
canopic jar
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canopic vase
(a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body)
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(n)
cookie jar
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cooky jar
(a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden))
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(n)
crock
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earthenware jar
(an earthen jar (made of baked clay))
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(n)
cruse
(small jar; holds liquid (oil or water))
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(n)
jampot
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jamjar
(a jar for holding jellies or preserves)
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(n)
Mason jar
(a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning)
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S:
(n)
vase
(an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers)
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S:
(n)
vessel
(an object used as a container (especially for liquids))
derivationally related form
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(n)
jar
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jarful
(the quantity contained in a jar)
"he drank a jar of beer"
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(n)
jolt
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jar
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jounce
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shock
(a sudden jarring impact)
"the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
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Verb
S:
(v)
clash
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jar
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collide
(be incompatible; be or come into conflict)
"These colors clash"
S:
(v)
jolt
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jar
(move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion)
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(v)
jar
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shake up
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bump around
(shock physically)
"Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
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sentence frame
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
S:
(v)
jar
(affect in a disagreeable way)
"This play jarred the audience"
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S:
(v)
jar
(place in a cylindrical vessel)
"jar the jam"