jar

jar ¹  (jär)

n.

1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.

2. The amount that a jar can hold.

3. Chiefly British A glass of beer.

tr.v. jarred, jar·ring, jars

To put into a jar.

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[Middle English jarre, a liquid measure, from Old French (from Provençal jarra) and from Medieval Latin jarra, both from Arabic jarra, earthen jar, from jarra, to draw, pull; see grr in Semitic roots.]

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jarful n.

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jar ¹

Noun

1. a wide-mouthed cylindrical glass container, used for storing food

2. Brit informal a glass of beer [Arabic jarrah large earthen vessel]

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jar ²

Verb

[jarring, jarred]

1. to have an irritating or unpleasant effect: sometimes a light remark jarred on her father

2. to be in disagreement or conflict: their very different temperaments jarred

3. to jolt or bump

Noun

a jolt or shock [probably imitative]

jarring adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jar - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles 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) earthenware jar, crock - an earthen jar (made of baked clay) cruse - small jar; holds liquid (oil or water) jamjar, jampot - a jar for holding jellies or preserves lid - a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid" Mason jar - a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning mouth - the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth" vase - an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
	2.	jar - the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" jarful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
	3.	jar - a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" jolt, jounce, shock blow, bump - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
Verb	1.	jar - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" collide, clash conflict - be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
	2.	jar - move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion jolt move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	jar - shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game" bump around, shake up move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	4.	jar - affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience" impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
	5.	jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

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jar ¹

noun pot, container, flask, receptacle, vessel, drum, vase, jug, pitcher, urn, crock, canister, repository, decanter, carafe, flagon

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jar ²

verb 1. (usually with on) irritate, grind, clash, annoy, offend, rattle, gall, nettle, jangle, irk, grate on, get on your nerves (informal) nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) discompose

verb 2. (sometimes with with) clash, conflict, contrast, differ, disagree, interfere, contend, collide, oppose

verb 3. jolt, rock, shake, disturb, bump, rattle, grate, agitate, vibrate, rasp, convulse

Translations

jar [dʒɑːʳ] n (= glass) (large) → jarra;

(small) → tarro

vi [sound] → chirriar; [colours] → desentonar

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jar [dʒɑːʳ] n (stone, earthenware) → pot m;

(glass) → bocal m

vi [sound] → produire un son grinçant or discordant; [colours etc] → détonner, jurer

vt (= shake) → ébranler, secouer

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jar [dʒɑːʳ] n → Topf m, Gefäß nt;

(glass) → Glas nt

vi (sound) → gellen;

(colours) → nicht harmonieren, sich beißen

vt → erschüttern;

to jar on sb → jdm auf die Nerven gehen

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jar [dʒɑːʳ] n (container) → barattolo, vasetto

vi [sound] → stridere; [colours etc] → stonare

vt (= shake) → scuotere