jar
Noun
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A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles (synset 103598713)
is a type of: vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)subtypes:
- amphora - an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
- beaker - a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry
- canopic jar, canopic vase - a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body
- cookie jar, cooky jar - a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden)
- crock, earthenware jar - an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
- cruse - small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
- jamjar, jampot - a jar for holding jellies or preserves
- mason jar - a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning
- vase - an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
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The quantity contained in a jar (synset 113789962)
"he drank a jar of beer"is a type of: containerful - the quantity that a container will holdsame as: jarful
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A sudden jarring impact (synset 107353698)
"the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
Verb
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Be incompatible;
Be or come into conflict (synset 202673757)"These colors clash"is a type of: conflict - be in conflict -
Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion (synset 201868851)
is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsame as: jolt
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Shock physically (synset 201869037)
"Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesame as: bump around, shake up
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Affect in a disagreeable way (synset 201773011)
"This play jarred the audience"
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Place in a cylindrical vessel (synset 201500503)
"jar the jam"
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