jam jar

See also: jam-jar and jamjar

English

Alternative forms

• jam-jar, jamjar

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒam ˌdʒɑː/

Noun

jam jar (plural jam jars)

1. A jar of, or for, jam.

   Empty jam jars are handy for keeping odd bits and pieces in.

2. (Cockney rhyming slang) A car.

Derived terms

• jam-jar glasses

Translations

container for jam

Danish: syltetøjsglas n Dutch: jampot (nl) Finnish: hillopurkki (fi) French: pot de confiture m Italian: barattolo della marmellata m Norwegian: Bokmål: syltetøyglass n Nynorsk: syltetøyglas n Swedish: syltburk (sv) c Welsh: pot jam m

car — see car

See also

• jam pot

References

• “jam jar, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.