jar

rigid, approximately cylindrical container with a wide mouth or opening
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jar

Summary

jar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • jar's physically interacts with is recorded as food[2].
  • jar is a type of container[3].
  • jar is a type of food storage container[4].
  • jar is a type of container glass[5].
  • jar is used for food preservation[6].
  • jar is used for canning[7].
  • jar's Commons category is recorded as Jars[8].
  • jar comprises lid[9].
  • jar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jars[10].
  • jar's Commons gallery is recorded as Jar[11].
  • jar's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[12].
  • jar's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • jar's partially coincident with is recorded as flask[14].
  • jar's shape is recorded as cylinder[15].
  • jar's different from is recorded as Car[16].
  • jar's studied by is recorded as mechanics of materials[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include container[3], food storage container[4], and container glass[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include food preservation[6] and canning[7]. jar comprises lid[9].

Why It Matters

jar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[1] jar has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] jar is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Partially coincident with flask
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Jars
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21630, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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