jar·ful

[jahr-fool]
noun, plural jar·fuls.
the amount that a jar can hold.

Origin:
1865–70; jar1 + -ful


See -ful.
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jarful

noun
the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" [syn: jar
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