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Mason jar en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason (1832–1902), who first invented and patented it in 1858.

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US) A 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:

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Translations (4)

pl słój do zapraw (glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food) · es tarro (glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food) · fr pot Mason (glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food) · hu befőttes üveg (glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food)