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water jug en · NOUN

Etymology

From water + jug.

Meanings

1. A jug used to hold water.
   • 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:
   • 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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Synonyms

water-jar

Translations (3)

fi vesikannu (jug used to hold water) · ca aiguamans (jug used to hold water) · nl waterkan (jug used to hold water)