water jug

plural water jugs

1. A jug used to hold water.

   Torrentius shows a stone waterjug, while Visscher has an ornate ewer, presumably in silver or gilt.

   1997, Roland E Fleischer, Susan C Scott, Rembrandt, Rubens, and the art of their time: recent perspectives

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   Polson and his colleagues have studied waterjug problems, which involve pouring quantities of water between jugs of different sizes...

   1987, Judith Greene, Memory, thinking and language: topics in cognitive psychology

   Synonyms: water-jar