Jar (disambiguation)
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A jar is a large, approximately cylindrical container made of glass, clay, or plastic.
- Bell jar, a piece of laboratory equipment used to contain a vacuum
- Cookie jar, a jar used specifically to store edible treats such as cookies or biscuits
- Killing jar, a device used by entomologists to kill captured insects
- Kilner jar, another type of jar for storing foods
- Leyden jar, a simple capacitor
- Mason jar, a jar used to preserve various foods (e.g. fruit, jam, vegetables)
- Specimen jar, an instrument used in anatomy to preserve anatomical specimens
Jar or JAR may also refer to:
Places
Geography
- Jar, Azerbaijan, in the Zaqatala Rayon of Azerbaijan
- Jar, Iran, in Isfahan Province, Iran
- Jar, Kurdistan, in Kurdistan Province, Iran
- Jar, Norway, a centre in the municipality of Bærum
- Jar, Pakistan, a town in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' Bajaur Agency
- Jars, Cher, a commune in the French département of Cher
- Plain of Jars, a plain littered with stone jars in Laos
- Jewish Autonomous Region of Russia
Structures
People
- Alexandru Jar, a Romanian poet and novelist
- José Antonio Reyes, a Spanish professional footballer
- John Arne Riise, a Norwegian professional footballer
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Jar Jar Binks, a Star Wars character
Music
Groups
- Jar, the original (and now current) name of Canadian rock band Flybanger
- Jars of Clay, a Christian musical group
- The Jars, a New Wave band from Berkeley, CA, 1979-82
Albums
- Jar of Flies, a 1994 album by Alice in Chains
- Jar (album), a 2013 grunge album by Superheaven
Songs
- "J.A.R.", a song by Green Day
- "Jars" (song), a 2009 single by alternative metal band Chevelle
- "Jars", a 2017 song by melodic death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder, off the album Nightbringers
Literature
- The Bell Jar (1963), a roman à clef by Sylvia Plath, originally published under the pen name "Victoria Lucas"
- "The Jar", a short story by Ray Bradbury published November 1944 in Weird Fiction
Computing and technology
- JAR (file format), Java ARchive file
- JAR (software), for data compression
Military and government
- Jar (unit), an obsolete unit of capacitance once used by the Royal Navy
- JAR, 'Just Another Rifle', a rifle used by the United States Secret Service
- Joint Aviation Requirements issued by Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities
Other uses
- Drilling jar, component of an oil well or water well drill string
- Jamming avoidance response, a behavior of some weakly electric fish using electroreception
- jar, ISO 639-3 code for Jarawa language (Nigeria), a Southern Bantoid Jarawan language of eastern Nigeria
- Order of the Jar, a medieval Spanish military order
See also
- All pages beginning with jar
- All pages with a title containing jar
- Ajar (disambiguation)
- Jaar (disambiguation)
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