Jar
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The word jar has several meanings:
- A jar is a wide-mouthed container typically made of glass or earthenware designed to hold a fluid. To jar means to put something in such a container.
- A Mason jar is a glass jar sporting a screw-on cap or wire-sprung lid.
- A Canopic jar is a clay jar used in ceremonial burial by the ancient Egyptians.
- A Leyden jar is simple capacitor—a glass jar that is coated inside and out with metal.
- To jar is to dispute.
- A jar is a sharp rattling shock or a harsh sound.
- JAR is a file format used to package Java programming language applications.
- Jar is a centre in the municipality of Bærum, Norway.
- Jarhead is slang for a United States Marine.
- Jar Jar Binks is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe.