mason jar

English

Noun

mason jar (plural mason jars)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Mason jar
   • 1988, Draja Mickahoric, “Making Water for Magical Use”, in A Century of Spells: More than 100 time-tested, easy-to-use spells that really work, Red Wheel/Weiser/Conari, →ISBN, The Cold Herbal Tea Method, page 24:

     In order to make a cold herbal tea you need a clean jar with a fairly wide mouth, such as a mason jar.

   • 2009 January 16, Bruce W. Holsted, “Chapter 24: The Awareness”, in Steps to a Conservation of Mind, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 83:

     I know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that if I take a mason jar from my kitchen cabinet, walk out to the street and drop it, that it will shatter into lots of tiny pieces.

   • 2011 April 29, Lee Martin, A Hateful Wind, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 113:

     After passing off the bracelets to Thanh and me, one of the elders then shoved into my hands a mason jar of the Montagnard moonshine that had gone down like Drano the night before last, cleaning out all my pipes.

   • 2012 January 17, Gloria Taylor Weinberg, A Homicide in Hooker’s Point, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 93:

     She put up a second biscuit on a heavy earthen plate along with a long strip of bacon and spooned a thick curl of home-churned butter from a mason jar in the icebox.

   • 2012 March 7, Ted Olson, editor, The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 373:

     He poured cold coffee from a mason jar into cups shorn of handles.

   • 2011 May 25, Abigail R. Gehring, “Proper Canning Recipes”, in The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to: Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, Jars and Lids, page 72:

     With careful use and handling, mason jars may be reused many times, requiring only new lids each time. When lids are used properly, jar seals and vacuums are excellent.

   • 2013 October 4, Brenda Van Niekerk, Baking in Mason Jars, Lulu.com, →ISBN, Chocolate Orange Brownies:

     Spray the inside of the mason jars with the cooking spray.

   • 2014, Jamie Matthews, Mason Jar Desserts: Recipes for Easy, Inexpensive Desserts to Make and Give, KMT Publishers, Inc., Mini Strawberry Shortcake Dessert in Jars:

     9. To assemble, open mason jars and set up on the counter. Cut angel food cake into chunks. Evenly distribute half of the cake among 8 mason jars.