Jar

For other uses, see Jar (disambiguation).

File:Jam jar.jpg

A jar filled with jam.

A jar is a type of container, mostly used to store food. Jars are usually cylindrical, and are usually made of glass or clay.

Glass jars are able to be heated in microwave ovens.

Types of jars

• Mason jar, a jar used to preserve serval foods (such as fruit, jam, vegetables, ...)
• Kilner jar, another type of jar for storing foods
• Mayonnaise jar, a mason jar especially made for mayonnaise
• Canopic jar, used in ancient Egyptian burial
• Leyden jar, a simple capacitor
• Killing jar

Jar Media

• Jar of yeast extract.jpg

  A jar of yeast extract with German labelling. “Erntesegen” (German for “harvest blessings”) is a brand for natural food products of Hügli AG, Switzerland.

• Christian Dorflinger - Candy Jar - 1942.1090 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

  Candy jar, by Christian Dorflinger, 1869–1880, glass, diameter: 12.1 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art (USA)

• 色絵花鳥文八角大壺 有田焼 ･ 柿右衛門様式-Hexagonal jar with Flower and Bird Decoration (one of a pair) MET DP281207.jpg

  Hexagonal jar decorated with flowers and birds, late 17th century, porcelain with overglaze enamels, height: 31.1 cm, diameter: 19.1 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

• PreservedFood1.jpg

  Preserved food in Mason jars

• Jar made of PLA-Blend Bio-Flex.jpg

  Jar made of PLA-blend bio-flex, a bioplastic

• CandyJaracp.png

  A Candy Jar

• HK Central Kai Bo Foods Buddy's 花生醬 Peanut creamy Butter Skippy April-2012.JPG

  花生醬 Skippy Peanut Butter

• Orzas in Spain.jpg

  Six types of "earthenware jar" in Spain

• Brown-glazed Jar with Design of Three Fish. Yuan Dynasty. Excavated from Hancheng City.jpg

  Brown-glazed jar with design of three fish. Yuan Dynasty.