Jar

For other uses, see Jar (disambiguation).

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

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

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

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  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)

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  Preserved food in Mason jars

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

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  A Candy Jar

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  花生醬 Skippy Peanut Butter

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  Six types of "earthenware jar" in Spain

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