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Jar

Definition: Jar

Jar

Noun

1. 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".

Verb

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Jar

DomainDefinition

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.

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Specialty Definition: Jar (file format)

(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)."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Jar

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

JAR

EnglishJava archiveN/A

JAR

PortugueseRequisito Comuns da AviaçãoTransportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Jar

Synonyms: jarful (n), jounce (n), bump around (v), clash (v), collide (v), jolt (v), shake up (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Jar

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Jar

English words defined with "jar": amphorabeaker, bear, Bell glasscanned, canopic jar, canopic vase, carry, Compensation pendulum, contain, cookie jar, cooky jar, crock, Crouke, cruseDesiccator, Discharger, Discharging rodearthenware jarFruit jarGauge concussion, guess, Gurgletheadspace, hold, Hydriainferjamjar, jampot, jarful, JarredLeyden phialMason jar, mouthpotpourri, pottedStone jartinnedUnit jarvase. (references)
Specialty definitions using "jar": Abbe jar, ApothecaryDOPE-DRY-HOUSE OPERATOR, dope-house operator helper, dry-house operatorEPITAXIAL REACTOR TECHNICIANfluoroscope operatorhorseradish grinder, HORSERADISH MAKERJava archiveLACQUER MAKER, lacquer mixerMIXER, DIAMOND POWDER, MorgianaPithos, PreacherSUPPOSITORY-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORTO BLOT THE SKRIP AND JAR ITX-RAY INSPECTOR. (references)
Etymologies containing "jar": Piggin. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Jar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (Joint Airworthiness Requirements), Romanian (fervour, fire, glow, heat), Turkmen (ravine), Welsh (jar).

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Modern Usage: Jar

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: Jar

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation: 101 Things that Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Mife, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quassh, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Upset, Vex, Worry and X,Y Z You! (reference)

  • When Is a JAR Not Ajar? Sun Opens Java Wider [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Anton's Gifts in a Jar (reference)

  • Moon in a Mason Jar and What My Father Believed: Two Volumes of Poetry (reference)

  • The Bell Jar (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Jar

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Photo Album: Jar

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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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Digital Photo Gallery: Jar
 

"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.

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Sounds Captioned with "Jar".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
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.

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Use in Literature: Jar

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Jar

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Spoken Usage: Jar

SpeakerPhrase(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.

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Usage Frequency: Jar

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)94.18%56511,124
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.66%2274,468
Lexical Verb (base form)1.33%8124,375
Noun (proper)0.67%4175,879
Unclassified Items0.17%1339,140
                    Total100.00%600N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Jar

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jar

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Jar

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 

  

(can, pot), (wooden drinking cup), (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 

  

(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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Jar

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

dug. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

adollam, cados, calce, calces, mosollam, olam, olla, ollae, ollam, ollas, ollis, situla, situlae, vinariis. (various references)

Arabic500-Modern

jarrah. (various references)

Middle French1400-1600

jarre. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Jar

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Jar"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "jar" (pronounced jÄ"r)
3j Ä" rajar.
2-Ä" rafar, 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.

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Anagrams: Jar

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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