Jar
noun
A cylindrical container with a wide mouth and lid, often made of glass or ceramic.
I stored the homemade jam in a glass jar.
Often appears as...
- glass jar
- mason jar
verb
To cause a sharp and unpleasant physical sensation; to shake or jolt.
The sudden rough movement of the bus jarred my back.
Often appears as...
- jar one's back
- jar one's knee
verb
To cause a feeling of discomfort or unease.
His harsh words jarred on their ears.
Often appears as...
- jar on the ears
- jar on the nerves
noun
A quarrel or dispute.
There is a jar between the two siblings.
Often appears as...
- a jar over something
- jar between two people
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
In music, a harsh discordant sound.
There is a jar in the melody of the violin.
Often appears as...
- musical jar
- sound jar
noun
A cylindrical container with a wide mouth and lid, often made of glass or ceramic.
I stored the homemade jam in a glass jar.
Often appears as...
- glass jar
- mason jar
verb
To cause a sharp and unpleasant physical sensation; to shake or jolt.
The sudden rough movement of the bus jarred my back.
Often appears as...
- jar one's back
- jar one's knee
verb
To cause a feeling of discomfort or unease.
His harsh words jarred on their ears.
Often appears as...
- jar on the ears
- jar on the nerves
noun
A quarrel or dispute.
There is a jar between the two siblings.
Often appears as...
- a jar over something
- jar between two people
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
In music, a harsh discordant sound.
There is a jar in the melody of the violin.
Often appears as...
- musical jar
- sound jar
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Container Usage
Use for storing food, liquids, or small items, often implying home preparation or preservation.
Grandma filled the jar with pickles.
Pro Tip 2/2Mouth Size
A 'wide mouth' suggests easy filling and cleaning, useful for kitchen and craft purposes.
She poured the sauce into the jar without spilling.
Pro Tip 1/2Container Usage
Use for storing food, liquids, or small items, often implying home preparation or preservation.
Grandma filled the jar with pickles.
Pro Tip 2/2Mouth Size
A 'wide mouth' suggests easy filling and cleaning, useful for kitchen and craft purposes.
She poured the sauce into the jar without spilling.
Pro Tip 1/2Container Usage
Use for storing food, liquids, or small items, often implying home preparation or preservation.
Grandma filled the jar with pickles.
Pro Tip 2/2Mouth Size
A 'wide mouth' suggests easy filling and cleaning, useful for kitchen and craft purposes.
She poured the sauce into the jar without spilling.
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The magic of spices PIPE...
essential oils and warm them up to each other they're gonna sit in that jar for quite a while together better get familiar like you guys with the people you just met tonight very important that they get along after we warm them up to each other and they get more friendly we're gonna grind them we're gonna use different pepper grinders and we're
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Why societies collapse PIPE...
Jared, what's the most important thing that we need to do about the world's environmental problems? And my answer is, the most important thing we need to do is to forget about there being any single thing that is the most important thing we need to do. Instead, there are a dozen things, any one of which could do us in.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
I don't know if your first introduction might have been choruses of "We Are the World," or maybe the picture of a sponsored child on your refrigerator door, or maybe the birthday you donated for fresh water. I don't really remember what my first introduction to poverty was but I do remember the most jarring.
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The rise and fall of the...
was the severed head of a foe. They preserved these heads in jars of cedar oil and showed them to guests who visited their homes. Celtic warriors were so valued in the ancient world that foreign kings often hired them as mercenary soldiers to serve in their armies.
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Steven Levitt on child...
because it worked. But every once in a while, there was still a patient convinced that he was sick, and he'd come back. And my dad had a third jar of pills. And the jar of pills he had, he said, were the tiniest little pills he could find,
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The Mummification of...
Next, all of your major organs are removed apart from the heart. Ancient Egyptians believed this was the center of your being. These organs are then preserved in special jars, so they can be reunited with their owner in the afterlife.
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Cute Tiger Cubs Pose For...
going to allow us to generate funds and support for Tiger Conservation jars can tell spot and striper relaxed and invites the media to get their exclusive - very cute tiny thumbs and there's something that the public will have the
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The magic ingredient...
it can create chaos. It can create unbelievable worlds, unbelievable movement, things that are jarring to the audience. So to combat this, we tether ourselves with science. We use science and the world we know as a backbone,
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12 truths I learned from...
So go outside a lot and look up. My pastor said you can trap bees on the bottom of mason jars without lids because they don't look up, so they just walk around bitterly bumping into the glass walls. Go outside. Look up.
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Melinda French Gates:...
that we have in common. They want what we want for our children and that is for their children to grow up successful, to be healthy, and to have a successful life. But I also see lots of poverty, and it's quite jarring,
Video examples
The magic of spices PIPE...
essential oils and warm them up to each other they're gonna sit in that jar for quite a while together better get familiar like you guys with the people you just met tonight very important that they get along after we warm them up to each other and they get more friendly we're gonna grind them we're gonna use different pepper grinders and we're
Video examples
Why societies collapse PIPE...
Jared, what's the most important thing that we need to do about the world's environmental problems? And my answer is, the most important thing we need to do is to forget about there being any single thing that is the most important thing we need to do. Instead, there are a dozen things, any one of which could do us in.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
I don't know if your first introduction might have been choruses of "We Are the World," or maybe the picture of a sponsored child on your refrigerator door, or maybe the birthday you donated for fresh water. I don't really remember what my first introduction to poverty was but I do remember the most jarring.
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
was the severed head of a foe. They preserved these heads in jars of cedar oil and showed them to guests who visited their homes. Celtic warriors were so valued in the ancient world that foreign kings often hired them as mercenary soldiers to serve in their armies.
Video examples
Steven Levitt on child...
because it worked. But every once in a while, there was still a patient convinced that he was sick, and he'd come back. And my dad had a third jar of pills. And the jar of pills he had, he said, were the tiniest little pills he could find,
Video examples
The Mummification of...
Next, all of your major organs are removed apart from the heart. Ancient Egyptians believed this was the center of your being. These organs are then preserved in special jars, so they can be reunited with their owner in the afterlife.
Video examples
Cute Tiger Cubs Pose For...
going to allow us to generate funds and support for Tiger Conservation jars can tell spot and striper relaxed and invites the media to get their exclusive - very cute tiny thumbs and there's something that the public will have the
Video examples
The magic ingredient...
it can create chaos. It can create unbelievable worlds, unbelievable movement, things that are jarring to the audience. So to combat this, we tether ourselves with science. We use science and the world we know as a backbone,
Video examples
12 truths I learned from...
So go outside a lot and look up. My pastor said you can trap bees on the bottom of mason jars without lids because they don't look up, so they just walk around bitterly bumping into the glass walls. Go outside. Look up.
Video examples
Melinda French Gates:...
that we have in common. They want what we want for our children and that is for their children to grow up successful, to be healthy, and to have a successful life. But I also see lots of poverty, and it's quite jarring,
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Quote examples
Nat Wolff
American Actor
It's jarring to go from one amazing experience to another that feels ordinary. I don't quite know how to explain it. You see the uniqueness of what you've been doing, and disassociating yourself from it and going back to the 'normal' life is tough.
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Charles Ray
American Artist
There are parts of us we stylize and present to the world. And there are parts of us that we don't stylize and are just natural. And they don't just hang in a jarring way, hopefully, but there's an interrelationship between them.
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Famke Janssen
Dutch Actress
During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
Star Trek's insight lay in the promise of going to the stars together, with well-defined stereotypes who could supply the emotional frame for the potentially jarring truths of these distant places.
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Denise Morrison
American Businesswoman
My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
Tracking action without cutting is the least jarring method of placing the audience into a real-time experience where they are the ones making the subtle choices of where and when to look.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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Stephen King
Author
People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.
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Natalie Goldberg
American Author
Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
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Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
Bob Dole is not a bitter man. That part is jarring. His life was hard.
Quote examples
Nat Wolff
American Actor
It's jarring to go from one amazing experience to another that feels ordinary. I don't quite know how to explain it. You see the uniqueness of what you've been doing, and disassociating yourself from it and going back to the 'normal' life is tough.
Quote examples
Charles Ray
American Artist
There are parts of us we stylize and present to the world. And there are parts of us that we don't stylize and are just natural. And they don't just hang in a jarring way, hopefully, but there's an interrelationship between them.
Quote examples
Famke Janssen
Dutch Actress
During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
Quote examples
Gregory Benford
American Physicist
Star Trek's insight lay in the promise of going to the stars together, with well-defined stereotypes who could supply the emotional frame for the potentially jarring truths of these distant places.
Quote examples
Denise Morrison
American Businesswoman
My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
Tracking action without cutting is the least jarring method of placing the audience into a real-time experience where they are the ones making the subtle choices of where and when to look.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
Quote examples
Stephen King
Author
People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.
Quote examples
Natalie Goldberg
American Author
Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
Quote examples
Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
Bob Dole is not a bitter man. That part is jarring. His life was hard.
Example 1 of 10
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