Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A Mason-brand glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning
Etymologies
- After John Landis Mason (1832-1902). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey on the PA system, Susan Leffert leading him out of the gym and into the boys’ locker room, a Mason jar of schnapps as bait.”
“My 110 sketches were placed in a Mason jar and buried near Bldg.”
“A large artificial bunch was stuck in a Mason jar in the middle of our sun-flowered tablecloth.”
“I fill a half-gallon, heatproof Mason jar with not-quite-boiling purified water or cold water, if I brew overnight, which requires no boiling and you can leave the leaves in all night, fill with loose leaves or bags, and brew as directed.”
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