[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/jar/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) / jar # jar noun (jar, jars); verb (jar, jars, jarred, jarring — to shake or give a shock) «jar» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A jar is a glass or plastic container with a wide top and a lid, for keeping food like jam or honey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#m1) 2. A jar of something is the amount a jar holds: a jar of jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#m2) 3. To jar is to shake or knock hard, or to give an unpleasant shock: The fall jarred his knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#m3) ### In the lessons In maths, a container: things per jar (group size), or coins and sweets counted in a jar; guessing how many sweets are in a jar is a classic estimating game. In science, a jar is used to keep a sample, grow cress or watch a caterpillar. In everyday life: jam jars, a swear jar, a money jar for saving. In safety: glass jars break, so carry them carefully. Phrases: «a jar of», «jam jar», «cookie jar», «caught with your hand in the cookie jar». ### Examples - Each jar holds 30 cookies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x1) - She has 4 jars of jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x2) - The jar has 25 coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x3) - How many jars does she need for 90 sweets? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x4) - Can you open this jar? The lid is stuck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x5) - We kept the caterpillar in a jar with holes in the lid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x6) - Guess how many marbles are in the jar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x7) - She put her pocket money in a jar every week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x8) - Grandma made five jars of strawberry jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x9) - 'You never told me what you did with those jars?' [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/#x10) ### Note Countable: a jar, jars. Verb past: jarred. «Each jar holds» is the group size: jars × size, or total ÷ size for the number of jars. Trap: when dividing, a part-full jar still counts as one more jar (90 ÷ 30 = 3, but 95 sweets need 4 jars). ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah a jar is a vessel. One jar held an omer of manna, and the jars of the Tabernacle table were pure gold vessels for pouring out drink-offerings. **Interpretation.** Tradition says the jar of manna was kept before the Ark as a reminder for later generations of how God fed Israel in the wilderness. ### Examples - And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take a jar, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept throughout your generations.' (Torah EXO.16.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jar/#x1) - And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the jars thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out; of pure gold shalt thou make them. (Torah EXO.25.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jar/#x2) - And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the jars thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold. (Torah EXO.37.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jar/#x3) - The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah. (Prophets 1KI.17.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jar/#x4) - and the flesh-hooks, and the basins, and the jars, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl; (Writings 1CH.28.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jar/#x5) - And he said: 'Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.' And he said: 'Do it the second time'; and they did it the second time. (Prophets 1KI.18.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jar/#x6) ### Note Countable: a jar, jars. Verb past: jarred. «Each jar holds» is the group size: jars × size, or total ÷ size for the number of jars. Trap: when dividing, a part-full jar still counts as one more jar (90 ÷ 30 = 3, but 95 sweets need 4 jars). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «jar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«jar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jar.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «jar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«jar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/jar.html) on Mova free.