apothecary jar

American  

noun

1. a small, covered jar, formerly used by druggists to hold pharmaceuticals, now chiefly in household use to hold spices, candies, cosmetics, etc., and sometimes decorated, as a lamp base or flower vase.

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Example Sentences

A peppercorn-studded prime rib rests on the counter next to an apothecary jar full of weed.

From Los Angeles Times

Telling Didion that “having a pretty place to work is important to a man,” Nancy Reagan fills an apothecary jar with hard candies for his desk, carpets the floors of the State Capitol “in a pleasing shade of green,” Didion writes.

From New York Times

Herndon found them when she was cleaning out the dirt and now has them in a tiny apothecary jar.

From Washington Times

Silver balls fill the apothecary jar in the master bathroom, and above their bed, a wreath adorns a cardboard deer head from Target.

From Washington Post

Now that unwieldy price is about to go the way of the apothecary jar.

From Time Magazine Archive