Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word jam-jar.

Examples

  • We heated up half a jam-jar full of milk in a small pan until warm not boiling.

    Archive 2009-08-01 The List Writer 2009

  • We heated up half a jam-jar full of milk in a small pan until warm not boiling.

    Kew Gardens and science experiments The List Writer 2009

  • Soon had the washing-machine going, and this keeps one fairly busy, as it involves rushing to it every five minutes to replace the jam-jar which has to stand beneath the waterpipe conection to collect the drips....yes, yes, we ARE going to get the plumber, but life has been busy.....

    auntie joanna writes Joanna Bogle 2006

  • The hand brushed through her hair and then left in a whoosh like air rushing to fill the space at the top of a jam-jar when you first pop open the lid.

    I'm laughing at myself Jenny Davidson 2005

  • The hand brushed through her hair and then left in a whoosh like air rushing to fill the space at the top of a jam-jar when you first pop open the lid.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Jenny Davidson 2005

  • We ranged ourselves in the gallery pews and were given our tea; it was a one-pound jam-jar of tea each, with six slices of bread and margarine.

    Down and Out in Paris and London 2004

  • He puts citron vodka into two jam-jar glasses and then picks up various unrecognizable liquor bottles and pours in a few drops from each along with a few shakes of cranberry juice.

    Number 6 Fumbles Rachel Solar-Tuttle 2002

  • Mother faced him, hat on one side of her head, clutching in one hand my jam-jar of caterpillars.

    My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

  • I travelled with only those items that I thought necessary to relieve the tedium of a long journey: four books on natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and a jam-jar full of caterpillars all in imminent danger of turning into chrysalids.

    My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

  • We ranged ourselves in the gallery pews and were given our tea; it was a one-pound jam-jar of tea each, with six slices of bread and margarine.

    Down and Out in Paris and London 1933

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.