fruit jar
a glass jar for preserving fruit or vegetables, usually holding one pint or one quart and having an airtight cap.
Origin of fruit jar
1- Compare Mason jar.
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How to use fruit jar in a sentence
The accompanying sketch shows a handy device for turning up and unscrewing the covers on glass fruit jars.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe best vessels for keeping the powder are fruit jars with patent covers or any other perfectly tight glass vessel or tin box.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | VariousSeal in fruit jars the same as for canned fruit and store for future use.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesHe shipped them to Mobile and then paid the local rate from Mobile back, those fruit jars going through Montgomery on the way out.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyTo-morrow when the man comes from Freedom for our Tuesday order, I will tell him to bring us a box of fruit jars.
Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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