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jar⋅ful

  [jahr-fool]
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–noun, plural -fuls.
the amount that a jar can hold.
Origin:
1865–70; jar 1 + -ful

Usage note:
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jar 1   (jär)   
n.  

  1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.

  2. The amount that a jar can hold.

  3. Chiefly British A glass of beer.

tr.v.   jarred, jar·ring, jars
To put into a jar.

[Middle English jarre, a liquid measure, from Old French (from Provençal jarra) and from Medieval Latin jarra, both from Arabic jarra, earthen jar, from jarra, to draw, pull; see grr in Semitic roots.]
jar'ful' n.
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