jar
/d͡ʒɑɹ/ noun B1- 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.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
Plural jars
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Every delicious fruit that the four quarters of the globe could provide was heaped in vases from China and jars from Japan.
As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally.
A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper’s room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily.
On the other side of the house, to match with the library, was the conservatory, ornamented with rare flowers, that bloomed in china jars; and in the midst of the greenhouse, marvellous alike to sight and smell, was a billiard-table which looked as if it had been abandoned during the past hour by players who had left the balls on the cloth.
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