jam pot

noun

A pot of, or for, jam.

Meanings

nounjam pot (plural jam pots)

plural jam pots · alternative jam-pot · alternative jampot

  1. A pot of, or for, jam.

    West brought two gorgeous copper jam pots, which are used because they’re shallow and wide, providing the largest surface area for water to evaporate.

    2014 February 3, Mary MacVean, “Making bread and jam - great way to spend a Saturday”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2025
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    She chuckles over the pedantic protocols of Buckingham Palace, where 'tea trays for members of the royal family have their own personal map', showing how the milk jugs and sugar tongs and jam pots must be placed; […]

    2007 June 16, Peter Conrad, “Diana: the myth, 10 years on”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2014

    But you probably would never guess that the jam pots lining the wall, with their frilly pink polka-dot lid covers and their white bows, also are served and sold in luxury hotels like the Crillon and George V in Paris, the Four Seasons in Hong Kong, or the Connaught in London.

    2013 April 23, Hannah Olivennes, “From Alsace, Sweet Love for the World”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2013
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APA

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Chicago

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