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

• James A. Rhodes Arena
• John A. Ryan Arena

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

• Jars of Clay, a Christian musical group
• The Jars, a New Wave band from Berkeley, CA, 1979-82

Albums

• 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

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, tool used in drilling
• Jamming Avoidance Response, a behavior of some weakly electric fish using electroreception
• Order of the Jar, a medieval military order native to Spain

See also

• All pages beginning with "jar"
• All pages with a title containing jar
• Ajar (disambiguation)
• Jaar (disambiguation)