jar
Definition: 1. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles. 2. The quantity contained in a jar. 3. A sudden impact. 4. Be incompatible; be or come into conflict. 5. Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion. 6. Shock physically.
Use 'jar' in a sentence:
1. I can't get the lid off this jar . 2. She'd actually taken it home and she put it in this jar thing. 3. There was a jarring note of triumph in his voice. 4. This would permit air to enter, breaking the hermetic seal of the jar . 5. A turtle in a jar is certainly caught within the reach. 6. Now lay the jar on its side. 7. Sometimes a light remark jarred on her father. 8. When they got there, they found the jar , but it was empty. 9. Until the 1980s almost all olives were packed into jars by hand. 10. Our short-lives connexion with existence we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union—a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar , nor separation. 11. Instead of throwing away a wrapper after you indulge in something sweet, keep it in a jar . 12. The jar may be empty or tenanted by spiders, full of honey or stinking slime—it makes no difference to its beauty or ugliness. 13. The information says she'll need just a jar for water—and some pencils for drawing. 14. The professor invited the students to count how many beans the jar contained. 15. Under a wide shelf that holds coffee jars stands a pile of magazines. 16. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. 17. I made do with some peanut butter, scooped directly from the jar with a forefinger: why dirty a spoon? 18. Pack the fruits and nuts into the jars and cover with brandy. 19. A little salmon in a jar cooked next to last night's dirty dishes doesn't sound all that appetizing. 20. In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. 21. If you go through your white flour in less than a year, you can safely keep it on the counter in an airtight jar or canister. 22. Place them in a jam jar , porcelain bowl, or other similar container. 23. "I try and keep it in a time capsule in a canning jar ," Loe said. 24. This cover belongs to that jar . 25. I can't unscrew the lid of this jar . 26. You shouldn't have too many colours in a small space as the effect can jar . 27. She opened up a jar of plums. 28. What matter was it that on the outside of the jar , the eye of mere observation noted the words "Keelwell's Marmalade". 29. I keep the flour and sugar in individual jars , sealed tight with their glass lids. 30. We fill this jar with useful things, like money. 31. Someone has selfishly emptied the biscuit jar . 32. She dipped a hand into the jar of candies and pulled one out. 33. This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top. Nothing to it. 34. Do you fancy a jar after work? 35. There's a hairline crack in the rim of that jar . 36. Her brown shoes jarred with the rest of the outfit. 37. The jolt seemed to jar every bone in her body. 38. She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out. 39. I screwed up the jar and put it back on the shelf. 40. The ship jarred a little. 41. The spade jarred on something metal. 42. Rain falls through the funnel into the jar below. 43. This gadget's great for opening jars . 44. Machines now exist to pack olives in jars . 45. The fall gave him a nasty jar . 46. She opened up a glass jar of plums. 47. Small insects can be collected by shaking them into a jar . 48. She screwed the cap back on the jar . 49. Jars of all shapes and sizes were arrayed on the shelves. 50. This jar will hold a kilo. 51. His constant moaning was beginning to jar on her nerves.