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Definition: Jar |
JarNoun1. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles. 2. The quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer". 3. A sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt". Verb1. Be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash". 2. Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion. 3. Shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game". 4. Affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience". 5. Place in a jar. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Jar Java archive. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Building & Civil Engineering | In well boring, a device consisting of two long flat links sliding freely within each other, for connecting a percussing drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill can be given a sharp blow or jar on the upward stroke to loosen it when jammed in the rock. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of empty jars, denotes impoverishment and distress. To see them full, you will be successful. If you buy jars, your success will be precarious and your burden will be heavy. To see broken jars, distressing sickness or deep disappointment awaits you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A container for the element and electrolyte of a lead-acid storage cell, made of a material impervious to attack by the electrolyte. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An appliance to permit relative movement between the rope and rods in a cable drill. It reduces shocks and the risk of rod or chisel breakages. See also:free-falling device b. To loosen or free stuck drill-stem equipment or tools by impacts delivered by quick, sharp, upward-traveling blows delivered by a drivehammer or jars. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In computing, Jar file is a zip file. Jar is short for Java Archive. It is used to store compiled Java classes and associated metadata.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jar (file format)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
JAR | English | Java archive | N/A |
JAR | Portuguese | Requisito Comuns da Aviação | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: JarSynonyms: jarful (n), jounce (n), bump around (v), clash (v), collide (v), jolt (v), shake up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Noun: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; quassation; shuffling c. Verb: twitter, flicker, flutter. |
Disagreement | Verb: disagree; clash, jar; (discord); interfere, intrude, come amiss; not concern; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam. |
Discord | Verb: be discordant; Adjective: disagree, come amiss; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with. |
Noun: disagreement; discord, disaccord, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling; Verb: screw loose. | |
Guilt | Adverb: in flagrante delicto; red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar. |
Pain | Hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings; wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart; make the heart bleed; tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings; draw tears from the eyes. |
Receptacle | Vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. |
Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Did you ever see that Twilight Zone where the guy signed a contract and they cut out his tongue and put it in a jar and it wouldn't die, it just grew and pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. Based on the sketch from Saturday Night Live.) Gazillion dollars worth of computer equipment and not one jar of peanut butter (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster) Alright, alright, Jason, look in the back for an empty jar. (Rat Race; writing credit: Andy Breckman) If it doesn't have Siamese twins in a jar, it's not a fair (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) But when you're not eating a sandwich they just sit there in the fridge on a shelf in a jar labeled Mustard (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin) | |
Lyrics | And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel) Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar ("Blue Suede Shoes"; performing artist: Carl Perkins) Pulling a Harley deep with a jar of grease (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo) Living from a tip jar (Long Time Gone; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) Are put in a jar. (Comin' Back to Me; performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jar Jetha Ghar (1949) Beauty in a Jar (2003) Babij Jar (2003) The Glass Jar (1999) Jar Jey Priyo (1989) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
On an ivory background sits a stick of butter in a glass tray, a jar of mayonnaise, a bottle of oil and a bottle of salad dressing. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | Shown is a mother holding a toddler on her hip, standing at a kitchen counter. She is putting a lid onto a jar filled with preserves. There are additional jars on the counter. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | ||
Worker holding jar containing mosquito larvae, Miami, Florida. Parasite. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Figure 54. Richter mounting with messenger and pump brake for slowing reversing action. With the earlier models used by Doflein, the mounting would flop over too quickly and jar the mercury column sufficiently to cause its separation. To slow down the reversing motion, a piston pump mechanism was installed on the mounting. This mounting was employed by Doflein off the coast of Japan in 1904. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | |
![]() | A beautiful physalia in a glass sample jar. Plate VIII, print 12. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Dr. Alex: Braun. : Demselben hochachtungsvoll gewidmet von seinen dankbaren Schulern im Jar 1850. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Woman removing jar lid in kitchen] / Edward Penfield. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Billy B.: Wouldn't that jar you?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Spanish water jar, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Closures on bottles and jars. Two bottles and one jar. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Bulbs" by Jesse Koska Commentary: "This is a string of christmas lights in a jar." | "Tentacles 3" by Cerys Jones Commentary: "Originally a jar of pickled octopus bought a few years ago as a mascot (don't ask); I eventually decided to photograph these before they became a health hazard...." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| Tighting the lid on a mason jar. | Coin being dropped into an empty jar and bouncing on the glass. | ||
| Opening a mason jar. | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He brought forth a great stone jar of whisky from the locker and filled the decanter slowly, bending now and then to see how much he had poured in. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ma rinsed and wiped a fruit jar and Tom screwed the lid down tight on it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider. When Jove sent blessings to all men that are, And Mercury conveyed them in a jar, That friend of tricksters introduced by stealth Disease for the apothecary's health, Whose gratitude impelled him to proclaim: "My deadliest drug shall bear my patron's name!" G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rosie O'Donnell | We didn't know what to get you, so we just got you a cookie jar. You know, just a cookie jar. But you should open it and see if there's any cookies in there for you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Jar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.18% of the time. "Jar" is used about 600 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.18% | 565 | 11,124 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.66% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.33% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 600 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "jar": bell jar ♦ Candle jar ♦ canopic jar ♦ cookie jar ♦ cooky jar ♦ earthenware jar ♦ Fruit jar ♦ glass jar ♦ jam jar ♦ jar against ♦ jar on ♦ jar ring note ♦ kilner jar ♦ leiden jar ♦ leyden jar ♦ mason jar ♦ night jar ♦ on the jar ♦ screwtop jar ♦ slop jar ♦ stone jar ♦ unit jar ♦ wine jar ♦ with one's hand in the cookie jar. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "jar": Jar-owl. | |
Ending with "jar": bell-jar, cat-jar, glass-jar, jam-jar, monkey-jar, Non-jar, pickle-jar, store-jar, sugar-jar, sweets-jar, water-jar, wine-jar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cookie jar | 829 | spice jar | 75 |
jar of clay | 691 | jar of clay tab | 72 |
jar | 648 | recipe in a jar | 70 |
mason jar | 361 | jar jar binks | 67 |
canning jar | 352 | ball canning jar | 65 |
ghost in jar | 335 | jar opener | 64 |
jar candle | 323 | baby craft food jar | 60 |
glass jar | 305 | jar ring | 59 |
gift in a jar | 202 | fruit jar | 57 |
jar of clay lyrics | 182 | scented jar candle | 54 |
whiskey in the jar | 154 | jam jar | 53 |
the bell jar | 138 | wholesale glass jar | 52 |
plastic jar | 119 | baby candle food jar | 50 |
cookie jar title | 119 | wholesale jar | 46 |
mccoy cookie jar | 97 | cake in a jar | 46 |
apothecary jar | 96 | body jar | 46 |
antique cookie jar | 92 | jelly jar | 43 |
cookie in a jar | 89 | jar recipe | 43 |
ball jar | 89 | canopic jar | 42 |
in jar lyrics whiskey | 75 | bottle jar | 42 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "jar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrapëllin (rattle), acaroj (accentuate, aggravate, chafe, exacerbate, fluster, nettle, peeve, sharpen), cingëris, grindje (altercation, bickering, blowup, bobbery, brawl, breach, breeze, broil, contention, contest, disagreement, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, feud, fight, fray, friction, quarrel, squabble, strife, variance, wrangle), kërcas (clash, click, crack, crackle, creak, crepitate, crunch, Gride, grit one's teeth, scratch, scroop, snap, squeak), kthesë (bend, bow, circumvolution, crook, curve, elbow, flexure, offset, oxbow, sinuosity, slew, switch, turn, turn round, turnabout, twist, volte-face, wheel, wheeling, wind), ndeshen, nuk pajtohem (differ, disagree, dissent), përplasem (bump, bump into, cannon, cannon into, clash, collide, crash, dash, foul, hurtle, pound, run into, splash, wash), acarim nervash, qyp, zënkë (contention, contest, ruction, scrap, slanging match, spat, squabble, tiff, upset), rropamë (hullabaloo), shkund (agitate, jog, pump, punish, rock, shake, shake off, thresh), shkundje (jog, jolt, shake up, toss), shtambë (flagon, pitcher, toiletware), tronditje (concussion, emotion, ferment, thrill, throb, toss, trauma, tumult), tund (appal, appall, beat up, convulse, dandle, dangle, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, shake, shake up, switch, wag, waggle, wield), tundje (agitation, beating, flourish, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jolting, misdoubt, nutation, oscillation, reel, rumble-tumble, shake, shaking, shimmy, sway, swing, teeter, thrill, tossing, waddle, wag, waggle, wave, wiggle, wiggle-waggle), vorbë (Gerry, Jerry, pipkin), poçe (balloon, crock, Jerry, night-chair, night-stool, pipkin, pot). (various references) | |
Arabic | قلة (dearth, few, lack, morsel, paucity, rareness, scarceness, shortage), تنافر (antagonism, contention, disaccord, discord, disharmony, dissonance, incongruity, inconsistency, repulsion), تضارب (clash, collide, collision, conflict, contrariety, disagree, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, inconsistency, interfere, interference, quarrel), تصادم (clash, collide, collision, impact, interfere, jostle, meet, shock), ضايق (aggrieve, annoy, bully, distress, disturb, dog, fret, get in the way, gnaw, grate, grill, harass, harrow, harry, incommode, inconvenience, irk, jolt, molest, nag, persecute, pester, pick, rag, rattle, saddle, torment), صرير (creak, grinding, rasping, rumbling, screech, sizzle, squeak), صر (chirr, creak, grate, insist, persist, play up, press, rasp, screech, squeak, squeal), صدمة (concussion, hit, impact, jolt, shock, stun, trauma), جرة (crock, jug, pitcher), إرتجف (chill, dither, palpitate, quail, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble), إرتجاج مفاجئ, إرتج (bolt, jolt, throb, toss). (various references) | |
Basque | pitxar. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шокирам (scandalize, shock, stun), дразнене (harassment, provocation, rasp, vexation), дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, dig, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, harass, irritate, jive, mad, madden, nag, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rag, rasp, rib, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, twit, vex, worry), дразня ухото, дърля се (argue back, jangle, spat, squabble, wrangle), блъскам се (beat about, crash, crowd, dash, hurtle, plod, press forward, puzzle, snag), буркан (pot), не се съгласувам (discord), неприятно усещане (unpleasantness), несъгласие (clash, discord, discrepancy, disharmony, dissent, non-compliance, odds, rent, split, unwillingness, variance), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, reject, repulse, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off, ward), вибрирам (judder, oscillate, pulsate, quiver, shimmy, tremble, tremor, vibrate), вибрация (judder, oscillation, quiver, shimmy, vibration), гърне (pot), делва (cruse, pot), спор (altercation, argument, argumentation, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, difference, ding-dong, disputation, dispute, dissension, fight, polemic, rift, run in, strife, variance, velitation, word, words), удрям се (bump, collide, hit, impinge, stump), удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), сблъскване на мнения, сблъскване на интереси, сблъскване (conflict, crash, encounter, foul, impact, jostle, percussion, shock, smash), караница (altercation, brabble, brawl, hassle, rhubarb, wrangle), споря (altercate, argue, cample, contend, contest, debate, dispute, expostulate, higgle, palter, polemize), шок (jolt, knock, shake, shock, turn), рязък шум, рязък звук, разтърсвам се, раздрусвам се, трептене (flutter, oscillation, quiver, trembling, tremor, vibration, wave), сътресение (commotion, concussion, convulsion, earthquake, jolt, percussion, shake, shock), сблъсквам се (clash, collide, dash, foul, shock). (various references) | |
Chinese | 罐 (can, pot), 罍 (wooden drinking cup), 缸 (vat), 瓶子 (JARS). (various references) | |
Czech | zavařovací sklenice (can, jam jar), zavařovací láhev, vrzat (creak, grate, groan), tlouct se (clash), skřípot (creak, Gride, scratch, scream, scrunch), skřípat (creak, gnash, grate, grind, rasp, scream, scroop, scrunch), pivo (ale, beer), nesrovnávat se, nehodit se k komu, baòka (flask). (various references) | |
Danish | paraffineret knukke (waxed jar), cylindrisk glas med tubus (multi-necked jar), filtreringskolbe (filter flask, filtering jar), glasklokke (bell jar, cloche), glaskuppel (bell jar), konservesglas (glass jar for preserves, Mason jar), kuglemølle til laboratoriebrug (jar mill), cremekrukke (cosmetic jar), marmeladeglas (jam jar), Zuger-glas (breeding jar), salvekrukke (cosmetic jar), syltetøjlågsdrejerkrampe (pickle jar tyer's cramp), syltetoejsglas (jam jar), toende-vogn (carboy wagon, jar wagon), vakuumklokke (bell jar), vinkande (wine jar), maaleglas (graduated jar). (various references) | |
Dutch | Pot (box, container, jug, pot, vase, vessel). (various references) | |
Esperanto | lejdena kondensoro (Leyden jar), grejsa poto (Cologne pot, stone jar), ĵaro (stone jar). (various references) | |
Farsi | تکان (Convulsion, Hustle, Jerk, Jolt, Jostle, Motion, Move, Movement, Rock, Shake, Shock, Stroke, Tremor, Wag), دعواونزاع , شیشه دهن گشاد, اثرنامطلوب باقی گذاردن , جنبش (Braid, Bustle, Cause, Commotion, Flicker, Jiggle, Locomotion, Motion, Move, Movement, Rock, Stir, Tremor, Vibration), خم (Bent, Crank, Knee, Meander, Recumbent, Vat), صدای ناهنجار, ضربت (Bat, Bob, Buff, Buffet, Bump, Contusion, Coup, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jolt, Jow, Knock, Percussion, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Slap, Stroke, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), طنین انداختن (Reverberate), بلونی , تصادف کردن (Bop, Hurtle), مغایربودن (Disagree), تکان دادن (Budge, Convulse, Hitch, Hustle, Impulse, Jolt, Jounce, Move, Shake, Startle, Stir, Twiddle, Wag, Wiggle), لرزاندن (Tremble, Wangle), لرزه (Quake, Shiver, Thrill, Tremble, Tremor, Vibration), لرزیدن خوردن , کوزه دهن گشاد, ناجوربودن (Discord, Mismatch), نزاع کردن (Quarrel, Tussle, Wrangle), مرتعش شدن (Quake, Tremble), سبو (Crock). (various references) | |
Finnish | tölkki (can, pot, tin), sorahtaa (grate), purkki (can, tin). (various references) | |
French | jarre. (various references) | |
Galician | xarra. (various references) | |
German | krug (box, container, flagon, jug, jugful, mug, pitcher, pot, potful, Stein, tankard, vessel), gefäß (container, coquille, handle, knob, receptacle, utensil, vase, vessel), glas (binoculars, glass, glassful, glassware, lens, tumblerful), kreischen (scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squawk, squeal, to screech, to shriek, to squawk, yell). (various references) | |
Greek | κακοφωνώ, κακοφωνία (cacophony), σείω (brandish, jiggle, quake, shake, wag, waggle, wave, wigwag), στάμνα (crock, jug, pitcher), σοκ (shock), γυάλα (bulb, shell, tank, tube), βαζάκι (vase), υάλινο δοχείο, τράνταγμα (jerk, jerking, jolt), τραντάζω (jolt, rattle, shake), τσίριγμα (skirl), ταράσσω (abash, agitate, confound, discompose, disconcert, disturb, flurry, flutter, roil, ruffle, shock, stir), δοχείο (beaker, container, dispenser, pot, receptacle, urn, vat). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לזעזע (agitate, convulse, jolt, shake, shock, stagger, startle, stun), לחרוק (creak, indent, notch, squeak, squeal), לצרום אוזן, קשוה (jug, libation cup, shell, vessel), קנקן (can, ewer, flagon, flask, phial, tankard), פך (bottle, flask, jug, vessel), צפחת (cruse, flask), צנצנת (flagon, flask, glass, vase). (various references) | |
Hungarian | korsó (crock, jug, mug, pitcher, pot, stoop), csikorgás (creak, crunch, grating, Gride, grind, grinding, gritting, jarring, rasping, screech), bögre (cruse, cup, mug, pot). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menggoncangkan, kendi (jug, pitcher). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | nattiq (jar seal). (various references) | |
Italian | vibrazione (chatter, flicker, flutter, throb, twang, vibration), vibrare (brandish, chatter, flicker, hurl, oscillate, quaver, thrill, throb, twang, vibrate), vaso; scossa; urtare, vaso (bowl, box, container, duct, gallipot, jug, pipkin, pot, urn, vase, vessel), vasetto (pot), urto (bump, clash, collision, crash, dash, dig, hit, impact, knock, push, shake, shock, shove), stridore (grating, scrape, squeak), stridere (clash, creak, grate, jangle, screech, squeak, squeal, yell), litigio (quarrel, squabble, wrangle), litigare (argue, Bicker, brawl, fight, have a row, litigate, quarrel, row, spar, squabble), discordare (be discordant, clash, differ, disagree, dissent), bottiglia (bottle), barattolo (caddy, can, gallipot, tin). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 甕 (jug, urn, vase, vat), 瓶子 (earthenware pot, jug), 広口瓶 (widemouthed bottle), ジプシー音楽 (German, giant, giant panda, Giants, gibberellin, gym, gymkhana, gymnasium, gymnastics, gypsy music, gyro, gyrocompas, gyrocompass, gyrocopter, gyropilot, gyroscope, Jacquard, jargon, jerk, jerky, jersey, Jim Crow, journal, journalism, journalist, journalistic, journey, young people who sit on the ground or sidewalk). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひろくちびん (widemouthed bottle), かめ (earthenware pot, jug, tortoise, turtle, urn, vase, vat), ジャー , みか (jug, urn, vase, vat). (various references) | |
Korean | 단지 (JARS). (various references) | |
Manx | crockan (crock, earthenware vessel, pitcher), crock (chimneypot, urn), costrayl (bottle, leather bottle). (various references) | |
Maya | kaat (to want). (various references) | |
Norwegian | rystelse (quake), ryste, krukke (jug, pitcher). (various references) | |
Occitan | gerla. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arjay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | jarro (arum, box, can, crock, ewer, jug, jugful, pitcher, vessel), agitar (abet, agitate, alarm, beat, brandish, bustle, churn, cob, commove, convulse, dimple, discompose, excite, faze, ferment, flap, flick, fling, flounce, flourish, flurry, flutter, fret, incite, jingle, jounce, moot, perturb, pulsate, quiver, ripple, shake, stir up, sway, swing, switch, toss, ventilate, waggle, wave, whip up, whisk), arrepiar (bristle, crawl, dither, horrify, rough, spite, tousle), chiar (crank, creak, grate, gride, grumble, hiss, peek, peep, screak, scroop, simmer, sizzle, squeak, whir), chocar (breed, brood, bump, cannon, hatch, hit, hurtle, incubate, ram, scunner, set, shake, shock, sit, startle, strike, stun), choque desagradável, abalar (affect, concuss, convulse, depolarise, jolt, move, scamper, shake, shock, stir, toss, unfix, unsettle), ranger (chatter, chirk, creak, dodder, gnash, grate, gride, grind, grit, screak, scroop), vidro (glass, glass container, glaze, pane, windowpane), sacudidela (backlash, flip, flirt, flounce, hitch, jerk, jog, jolt, pluck, rumble-tumble, shake, wag, waggle, whisk), sacudir (abet, bob, concuss, flip, flirt, incite, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, rock, shake, shake off, stir up, swing, toss, wag, waver, whisk, yank), sobressalto (fright, gasp, habdabs, jolt, jump, rumble-tumble, scare, shock, surprise), som áspero, trepidação (chirp chirrup, pulsation, shake, tremor, trepidation, vibration), vibração ruidosa, produzir um choque. (various references) | |
Romanian | lovire (bastinado, clash, impact, percussion, striking), borcan (globe), canã (can, cup, jug, mug, pannikin, pot, tankard), ciocnire (affair, bump, clash, click, collision, concussion, conflict, contradiction, dash, encounter, foul, hit, impact, jostle, passage, shock), conflict (clash, collision, conflict, dispute, encounter, fray, friction, quarrel, strife, struggle, war), dezacord (contrariety, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissidence, dissonance, divergence, divergency, division, misunderstanding, odds, split, variance), diferi (differ, vary), disonanţã (discord, discordance, dissonance), face sã huruie, face sã trepideze, fi în dezacord (be at issue, disaccord, disagree, diverge), hurui (lumber, throb, whir), izbi (bash, clash, hit, lash, seize, smash, smite, strike, thrust), şoc (concussion, dash, hit, jerk, jolt, kick, percussion, reaction, shock), lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, bump, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drive, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, Pat, put, reach, seize, shock, slam, slap, smite, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), vibraţie (oscillation, quaver, resonance, swing, tremble, vibration), nepotrivire (contradiction, contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, dissimilarity, inadequacy, incongruity, misfit), produce un sunet neplãcut, recipient (case, container, pot, receiver, receptacle, recipient, vessel), scârţâi (creak, crunch, groan, rasp, scrape, scratch, screak, squeak), se ciocni (bump, collide, conflict, dash against, encounter, fall foul of, foul, go foul of, hit, impinge, knock, meet, run foul of, strike, telescope), sunet aspru (jangle), sunet discordant, sunet neplãcut, trepida (fidget, fret, shake, vibrate), trepidaţie (agitation, trepidation, vibration), ulcior (jug, jugful), vas (argosy, bowl, receptacle, ship, vessel), izbire (impact, shock). (various references) | |
Russian | банка (bank, can, cup, cupping glas, cupping glass, cupping-glass, knoll, sandbank, tin can). (various references) | |
Scottish | pigeadh, pigidh (earthen jar), pigeadh (earthen jar), crog (a jar, an aged ewe, an earthen vessel, crock). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vređati (call names, insult, offend, resent), trenje (adhesion, attrition, friction), tegla, sukobljavati se, sukob (affair, brush, clash, conflict, fray, rencontre), potresti (agitate, convulse, shake, shock, upset), ozlediti (hurt, injure, wound), disonanca (discord, discordance, dissonance), ćup (noggin), škripa (crackle, creak, creaking, grate, gride, scroop, squeak). (various references) | |
Spanish | tarro (pot, tin). (various references) | |
Swedish | krus (circumstance, cruse, jug, tankard), kruka (funk, jug, pitcher, pot), gnissla (chirp, creak, grate, jangle, screech, squeak), burk (can, gallipot, pot, tin). (various references) | |
Thai | โอ่ง, สั่น, ทำให้สั่นสะเทือน, การสั่นสะเทือน, รบกวน (annoy, badger, bug, bug one, harass, hassle, irk, itch, molest, narc, nark), ความสะดุ้งตกใจ, ขัดแย้ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | karşıt olmak, çatlak ses, çatlak ses çıkarmak, şok (blow, concussion, impact, jolt, jounce, quick-freezing, shock, trauma), bira bardağı (beer glass, schooner, Stein), didişme (bickering), didişmek, gıcırdamak (clack, creak, gnash, grate, grit, groan, rustle, squeak, squeal), çatışmak (be in conflict, clash, coincide, collide, scrap, skirmish), gıcırtı (clack, creak, scratch, squeak, squeal), uymamak (be at variable with, be unsuitable, break, clash, contravene, disagree, disobey, not to fit, not to match), kavanoz, kavga (affray, brawl, brawling, broil, bust up, conflict, contention, dispute, feud, fight, fighting, fray, jangle, kick up, miff, odds, punch-up, quarrel, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shooting match, strife, tilt, unpleasantness, wrangle), kavga etmek (altercate, brawl, feud, fight, hassle, have a row with, have a set-to, quarrel, scrap, set to, spar, tangle with, wrangle), kulak tırmalamak (grate on the ear, rasp), sarsılma (being shaken, dissolution, quaking, shaking, shock, vibration), sarsılmak (be cut up, be shaken, be shattered, careen, jerk, jolt, judder, quake, rock, shake, shock, sway), sarsmak (affect, afflict, agitate, buffet, buffet about, concuss, convulse, cut up, depolarise, dislocate, erode, give a jerk, hit, horrify, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, reduce, rock, shake, shake up, shock, undermine, unsettle), gıcırdatmak (chatter, gnash, grate, grind, grit, scrape, screech). (various references) | |
Turkmen | banka (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | струс (concussion, shake, shake up, shaking, squat, tremor), різкий звук (jangle, phit, scream, skirl, snap, twang), трясіння, трясти (agitate, jolt, rattle, rock, shake), банка (cay, cup, cupping glass), приголомшувати (appal, appall, astound, bemuse, daunt, daze, dizzy, doze, dumbfound, overwhelm, stun), деренчати. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vại (pot), tiếng ken két làm gai người sự rung chuyển mạnh, sự gai người, sự choáng óc, sự chấn động (convulsion, tremor, upheaval), sự bất đồng, sự bực bội (resentment), on a jar, lọ (container, pot, receptacle, vase, vessel). (various references) | |
Welsh | jar, rhygnu (grate, harp, rub). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | dug. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adollam, cados, calce, calces, mosollam, olam, olla, ollae, ollam, ollas, ollis, situla, situlae, vinariis. (various references) |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | jarrah. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | jarre. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jar": jardiniere, jardinieres, jarful, jarfuls, jargon, jargoned, jargonel, jargonels, jargoning, jargonish, jargonistic, jargonize, jargonized, jargonizes, jargonizing, jargons, jargoon, jargoons, jarhead, jarheads, jarina, jarinas, jarl, jarldom, jarldoms, jarls, jarosite, jarosites, jarovize, jarovized, jarovizes, jarovizing, jarrah, jarrahs, jarred, jarring, jarringly, jars, jarsful, jarvey, jarveys. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "jar": ajar, nightjar. (additional references) | |
Words containing "jar": mojarra, mojarras, nightjars. (additional references) | |
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"Jar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aj, ajh, ijar, ja, jaa, Jaar, jac, jad, Jadro, jae, jaer, jaf, jafr, jahr, jair, jao, jaor, jaq, jara, jarb, jard, jare, jarf, jarg, jari, jark, jarm, jarma, jarn, jaro, Jarpa, jarr, Jarra, jart, jaru, jarx, jary, jat, jau, jaure, jav, jax, jear, jearn, jebr, jef, jeor, jer, jera, jerb, jerd, jerg, Jerh, jerl, jerm, jern, jerp, jerr, jert, jeru, jetr, jeur, jiq, jir, jirg, jirn, jirt, Jka, joar, joir, jor, jora, jorb, jord, jorm, jorn, jort, jpa, jr, jua, Junr, jur, Jurg, jurl, jurn, jurt, juur, Kjaer, Njiru, ojar, uar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jar" (pronounced jÄ"r) |
| 3 | j Ä" r | ajar. |
| 2 | -Ä" r | afar, ar, are, bar, Barre, bazaar, Bazar, bizarre, boyar, car, Carr, char, cigar, czar, dinar, disbar, far, gar, guitar, Haar, lar, Mar, Navar, par, Parr, scar, spar, star, subpar, superstar, tar, tsar. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: raj. | |
| Words within the letters "a-j-r" | |
-1 letter: ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-j-r" | |
+1 letter: ajar, jarl, jars, jura, raja. | |
+2 letters: jager, jagra, japer, jarls, joram, jowar, jural, jurat, major, rajah, rajas, rajes, rioja. | |
+3 letters: abjure, adjure, hejira, jabber, jabiru, jacker, jaeger, jagers, jagger, jagras, jaguar, jailer, jailor, jammer, japers, japery, jarful, jargon, jarina, jarrah, jarred, jarvey, jasper, jazzer, jerboa, jorams, jordan, jowars, jurant, jurats, majors, rajahs, ramjet, riojas, svaraj, swaraj. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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