Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wide-mouthed glass jar with a screw top, used for canning and preserving food.
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- noun A Mason-brand
glass jar with ascrew top , often used forpreserving food.
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- noun a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After John L. Mason, (1832–1902), American inventor.]
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After John Landis Mason (1832-1902).
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Examples
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He never sat down, rather he stooped forward as he talked, one arm on the table or chair, the other holding the Mason jar.
Brannon's Choice Browne, Richard W 2001
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He said to imagine that your life is an empty Mason jar, and it is up to you on how you fill it up with these items: Three large rocks, a few cups of pebbles and a few cups of sand.
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