fruit jar

noun

1. a glass jar for preserving fruit or vegetables, usually holding one pint or one quart and having an airtight cap.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fruit jar¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

Each player has a set of five rings, which are nothing else but rubber fruit-jar rings.

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Put into fruit jar; add cold water and allow to stand 15 to 20 minutes to draw out juice.

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Separate a clump of garlic into cloves and then peel and place in a fruit jar.

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The sugar was in a glass fruit-jar, and the cream came directly off a pan in the cold-box.

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One day we lost a fruit jar which he had loaned, and I took one very much like it back in its place.

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