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jar ¹    (jär) KEY  

NOUN:

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.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
jarred , jar·ring , jars

To put into a jar.

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ETYMOLOGY:
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

OTHER FORMS:
jarful (Noun)

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