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How to spell jar
What it means: A glass container with a wide opening.
In a sentence: I keep cookies in a big glass jar.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as jaar or jarr.
Same family: jarred, jarring, jolt, shock, impact. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: This sense of "jar" meaning a shock or jolt comes from an older verb meaning to shake or disturb, which appeared in English in the 1500s. It may be linked to the sound of a sudden harsh noise, showing how English often turns sound-imitating words into abstract meanings.
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