ginger jar

a Chinese ceramic jar having a wide mouth, a globular body, and a dome-shaped cover.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

First recorded in 1880–85

Mr. Dusante now took up the ginger-jar, and approached Mrs. Lecks.
The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine|Frank R. Stockton
One hand was stretched out as if in welcome, and with the other he gracefully held the ginger-jar, now divested of its wrappings.
The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine|Frank R. Stockton
Mr. Dusante now handed the ginger-jar to Mrs. Lecks, who immediately stepped toward Ruth and Lucille.
The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine|Frank R. Stockton
Mrs. Aleshine went into the house, and soon reappeared carrying the ginger-jar, which she presented to Mr. Dusante.
The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine|Frank R. Stockton

I liked the shape, but the boys laughed at it as they did at my bulrushes in a ginger-jar over there.
Jack and Jill|Louisa May Alcott