mason jar

noun

often capitalized M
: a widemouthed jar used especially for home canning

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Fill a mason jar with milk a little less than halfway to give the milk room to expand. Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025 Rice water is best stored in a mason jar or glass container with a lid. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 28 July 2025 Clean an empty jam jar or mason jar and tuck in pretty flowers from your backyard. Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025 Fill a mason jar, or any container, with apple cider vinegar, and then fashion a funnel out of a piece of notebook paper or a coffee filter. Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mason jar

Word History

Etymology

John L. Mason, †1902 American metalsmith

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mason jar was in 1888

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“Mason jar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mason%20jar. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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