Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 13 compound words that contain jars. The most common are listed below. Open jars in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- Plain of JarsA plateau in Laos, known for the thousands of large megalithic jars scattered in the landscape.
- bell jarsplural of bell jar: A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating vacuums, often made of glass in a bell-like shape.
- jam jarsplural of jam jar: A jar of, or for, jam.
- Mason jarsplural of Mason jar: A glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food.
- Leyden jarsplural of Leyden jar: A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.
- Kilner jarsplural of Kilner jar: A rubber-sealed screwtop jar used to store food.
- canopic jarsplural of canopic jar: An Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed.
- body jarsplural of body jar: A trick in which a skateboarder uses their body to push the skateboard off the ground while simultaneously jumping or twisting in the air, often landing back on the board after the maneuver.
- cookie jarsplural of cookie jar: A vessel for storing cookies or other food.
- curse jarsplural of curse jar: A jar into which somebody who utters a profanity is obliged to drop some money, used to encourage people to stop swearing.
- gas jarsplural of gas jar: A cylindrical lidded glass vessel for collecting and storing gases from experiments etc.
- honesty jarsplural of honesty jar: An unattended jar for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.
- honor jarsplural of honor jar: An unattended jar for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.
- honour jarsplural of honour jar: Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of honor jar.
- job jarsplural of job jar: A container for holding papers, each bearing the name of a task to be completed, serving a similar purpose to a to-do list.
- killing jarsplural of killing jar: A sealable container used by entomologists to kill captured insects quickly and with minimum damage.
- monkey jarsplural of monkey jar: A jar or bottle, made from porous earthenware or similar, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
- night-jarsplural of night-jar: Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.
- swear jarsplural of swear jar: A jar into which somebody who utters a profanity is obliged to drop some money, used to encourage people to stop swearing.
- tip jarsplural of tip jar: A container, commonly a glass jar, into which customers can place a gratuity.
- unit jarsplural of unit jar: A small insulated Leyden jar, placed between an electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.
- water-jarsplural of water-jar: A water jug.
- Leiden jarsplural of Leiden jar: A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.
- swearing jarsplural of swearing jar: A jar into which somebody who utters a profanity is obliged to drop some money, used to encourage people to stop swearing.
- cuss jarsplural of cuss jar: A jar into which somebody who utters a profanity is obliged to drop some money, used to encourage people to stop swearing.
Compound words 13
- nightjarsplural of nightjar: Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.
- Banjarsplural of Banjar: A member of an ethnic group of Indonesia, traditionally travelling merchants.
- evejarsplural of evejar: Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.
- Gurjarsplural of Gurjar: A member of a nomadic and agricultural community of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Hajjarsplural of Hajjar: A surname.
- handjarsplural of handjar: A Turkish dagger.
- hanjarsplural of hanjar: A Turkish dagger.
- jamjarsplural of jamjar: A jar of, or for, jam.
- JarsdelA surname.
- khanjarsplural of khanjar: A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.