Толковый словарь английского языка

[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old Provençal; Origin: jarra, from Arabic jarrah 'pot for carrying water']

1. a glass container with a wide top and a lid, used for storing food such as ↑jam or ↑honey, or the amount it contains:

a jam jar

half a jar of peanut butter

2. a container made of clay, stone etc, used especially in the past for keeping food or drink in

3. British English informal a glass of beer:

We’d had a few jars down the pub.

[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from the sound]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to make someone feel annoyed or shocked:

His enthusiasm jarred.

His words jarred Harriet.

jar on

The screaming was starting to jar on my nerves.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to shake or hit something in a way that damages it or makes it loose:

Alice landed badly, jarring her ankle.

3. [intransitive] to be different in style or appearance from something else and therefore look strange SYN clash

jar with

There was a modern lamp that jarred with the rest of the room.

—jarring adjective