Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "jar" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

cabinet cupboard grocery store house kitchen cupboard pantry refrigerator shelf store

Capable Of

continue to leak hold water store harvest

Derived Terms

Kilner jar Kleistian jar Leiden jar Leyden jar Mason jar Pandora's jar Pegu jar bean jar bell jar body jar canopic jar caught in the cookie jar caught raiding the cookie jar caught with one's fingers in the cookie jar caught with the cookie jar cookie-jar accounting cookie-jar reserve cupping jar cupping-jar evejar fingers in the cookie jar first olive out of the jar fruit jar gas jar hand in the cookie jar honesty jar honor jar honour jar jamjar jar mill jar opener jar-dropping jar-owl jarful jarhead jarless jarlic jarlike jarring jarry jarsome job jar killing jar monkey jar night-jar on the jar rejar slop-jar stirrup jar swear jar tip jar unit jar water-jar with one's fingers in the cookie jar

Has Part

lid things like pickles or jam

Context

also computing java programming language

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

affect blow bump conflict containerful displace impress lay move place pose position put set strike vessel

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

cookie jar jam jar mason jar spice jar

Type Of (IsA)

casing container containerful glass receptacle hollow cylindrical object non powered device see thru container with lid vessel

Manner Of

affect move put

Related Terms

jorum

Related Terms

appearance at odds awkwardly bottle burial butter canned canned goods clay container containing containing jam contention contents cookie cookie storage cookies cookies inside cylindrical different disagreement discord discordant discordantly earthenware food glass glass container goods harshly holds holds pickles incongruent injure inside interfere jam jam bottle jam container jam inside jarful jelly jelly container jorum keeping keeping jam lid mason movement opposition ornamental peanut peanut butter pickle pickle container pickles quarrel rudely sealed sealed bottle sensation sharply small stand out storage strangely surroundings tremulous vibrate water wine

Synonym Network

clash jolt pot

Used For

can beans hold hold fireflies hold things inside holding applesauce holding liquids holding pickles keep pickles storage storage or protection store flour store fruit storing perishables storing powders or liquids

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.