mason jar

plural mason jars

1. Alternative letter-case form of Mason jar.

   He poured cold coffee from a mason jar into cups shorn of handles.

   2012 March 7, Ted Olson, editor, The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 373

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   In order to make a cold herbal tea you need a clean jar with a fairly wide mouth, such as a mason jar.

   1988, Draja Mickahoric, “Making Water for Magical Use”, in A Century of Spells: More than 100 time-tested, easy-to-use spells that really work, Red Wheel/Weiser/Conari, →ISBN, The Cold Herbal Tea Method, page 24

   I know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that if I take a mason jar from my kitchen cabinet, walk out to the street and drop it, that it will shatter into lots of tiny pieces.

   2009 January 16, Bruce W. Holsted, “Chapter 24: The Awareness”, in Steps to a Conservation of Mind, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 83

   After passing off the bracelets to Thanh and me, one of the elders then shoved into my hands a mason jar of the Montagnard moonshine that had gone down like Drano the night before last, cleaning out all my pipes.

   2011 April 29, Lee Martin, A Hateful Wind, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 113

   She put up a second biscuit on a heavy earthen plate along with a long strip of bacon and spooned a thick curl of home-churned butter from a mason jar in the icebox.

   2012 January 17, Gloria Taylor Weinberg, A Homicide in Hooker’s Point, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 93

   With careful use and handling, mason jars may be reused many times, requiring only new lids each time. When lids are used properly, jar seals and vacuums are excellent.

   2011 May 25, Abigail R. Gehring, “Proper Canning Recipes”, in The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to: Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, Jars and Lids, page 72

plural Mason jars · alternative mason jar

1. CanadaUSA glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food.

   Yesterday, I went outside / With my momma's mason jar / Caught a lovely butterfly

   1996, Rivers Cuomo, “Butterfly”, in Pinkerton, performed by Weezer