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crock
One that is worn-out, decrepit, or impaired; a wreck.
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  1. One that is worn-out, decrepit, or impaired; a wreck.
  2. A broken piece of earthenware
  3. An earthenware pot or jar
pot
A pot with its contents
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  1. A pot with its contents
  2. (Short for) flowerpot, lobster pot, chimney pot, etc.
  3. A pot of liquor; drink; potation
canteen
A recreational facility, bar, or small general store formerly established for the patronage of soldiers.
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  1. A recreational facility, bar, or small general store formerly established for the patronage of soldiers.
  2. A box with compartments for carrying cooking gear and eating utensils.
  3. A usually metal container for carrying drinking water, as on a hike.
bottle
The volume of liquid contained in a standard U.S. wine bottle, 750 ml (25.4 oz)
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  1. The volume of liquid contained in a standard U.S. wine bottle, 750 ml (25.4 oz)
  2. Milk from an infant's nursing bottle
  3. The quantity that a bottle holds.
flagon
A container for liquids, with a handle, a narrow neck, a spout, and, sometimes, a lid
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  1. A container for liquids, with a handle, a narrow neck, a spout, and, sometimes, a lid
  2. A large vessel, usually of metal or pottery, with a handle and spout and often a lid, used for holding wine or other liquors.
  3. The quantity of liquid that such a vessel can hold.
demijohn
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
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  1. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
  2. A large, narrow-necked glass or earthenware bottle, usually encased in wickerwork.
cruet
(Ecclesiastical) A small vessel for holy water or for water or wine used in the consecration of the Eucharist.
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  1. (Ecclesiastical) A small vessel for holy water or for water or wine used in the consecration of the Eucharist.
  2. A small glass bottle, as for serving vinegar or oil at the table
flask
A frame for holding a sand mold in a foundry.
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  1. A frame for holding a sand mold in a foundry.
  2. A container or case for carrying gunpowder or shot.
  3. A small container, such as a bottle, having a narrow neck and usually a cap, especially:
pitcher
One that pitches.
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  1. One that pitches.
  2. A person who pitches; specif., the baseball player who pitches the ball to the opposing batters
  3. A container, usually with a handle and lip, for holding and pouring liquids
ewer
A large water pitcher with a wide mouth
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  1. A large water pitcher with a wide mouth
  2. A pitcher, especially a decorative one with a base, an oval body, and a flaring spout.
cruse
A surname​.
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  1. A surname​.
  2. A small container for liquids such as water, oil, honey, or wine
brig
(Mil., Slang) The guardhouse; prison
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  1. (Mil., Slang) The guardhouse; prison
  2. A jail or prison on board a US Navy or Coast Guard vessel.
  3. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
house of correction
An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
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  1. An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
  2. A place of short-term confinement for persons convicted of minor offenses and regarded as capable of being reformed
  3. An institution dedicated to the management and rehabilitation of persons perceived to be at risk of becoming criminals.
jail
A building for the confinement of people who are awaiting trial or who have been convicted of minor offenses
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  1. A building for the confinement of people who are awaiting trial or who have been convicted of minor offenses
  2. A confinement facility whose inmates are individuals awaiting trial or convicted of lesser offenses. A confinement facility whose inmates are individuals awaiting trial or convicted of lesser offenses.
  3. A place of detention, especially for persons who are accused of committing a crime and have not been released on bail or for persons who are serving short sentences after conviction of a misdemeanor.
keep
(Rare) A keeping or being kept
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  1. (Rare) A keeping or being kept
  2. Care; charge:
  3. The means by which one is supported:
penitentiary
An office or tribunal headed by a cardinal (Grand Penitentiary) and dealing with matters of penance, confession, dispensation, absolution, etc.
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  1. An office or tribunal headed by a cardinal (Grand Penitentiary) and dealing with matters of penance, confession, dispensation, absolution, etc.
  2. A priest whose special function is the administration of the sacrament of penance in a particular church or diocese.
  3. A penal institution that is intended for long-term confinement of convicted criminals. See also jail. A penal institution that is intended for long-term confinement of convicted criminals. See also jail.
prison
See penal institution, jail, and penitentiary. See penal institution, jail, and penitentiary.
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  1. See penal institution, jail, and penitentiary. See penal institution, jail, and penitentiary.
  2. A place or condition of confinement or restriction:
  3. The state or condition of being confined, restricted, or limited in any way
lockup
The state of being locked.
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  1. The state of being locked.
  2. A being locked up, as in jail
  3. (Informal) A jail, especially one in which offenders are held while awaiting a court hearing.
pen
An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression:
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  1. An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression:
  2. The animals kept in such an enclosure.
  3. An instrument for writing or drawing with ink or similar fluid, especially:
big house
A penitentiary.
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  1. A penitentiary.
  2. (Slang) Prison, jail.
can
(Slang) A jail or prison.
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  1. (Slang) A jail or prison.
  2. A usually cylindrical metal container.
  3. Any of various containers usually or traditionally cylindrical, made of metal, and with a separate cover
clink
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
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  1. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
  2. (Slang) Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.
  3. (Onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
cooler
(US, countable or uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
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  1. (US, countable or uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
  2. A device, container, or room for cooling things or keeping them cool
  3. (Countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping
coop
A small cage, pen, or building as for poultry
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  1. A small cage, pen, or building as for poultry
  2. Alternative spelling of co-op.
  3. A cramped or uncomfortably confined space.
hoosegow
(Old, Slang) A jail or guardhouse
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  1. (Old, Slang) A jail or guardhouse
joint
One of the parts or sections of a jointed whole
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  1. One of the parts or sections of a jointed whole
  2. The way in which they are joined
  3. A way in which two or more things are joined:
pokey
(Slang) A jail
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  1. (Slang) A jail
  2. A jail or prison.
slammer
(Slang) A prison or jail
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  1. (Slang) A prison or jail
  2. A person or thing that slams
  3. One that slams:
stir
A stirring, mixing, or poking movement:
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  1. A stirring, mixing, or poking movement:
  2. An excited reaction or commotion:
  3. A slight movement:
calaboose
A jail.
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  1. A jail.
  2. (Slang, Dial., former) A prison; jail
  3. (US, dialect) A prison or gaol/jail.
Find another word for jug. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for jug, like: crock, pot, canteen, bottle, flagon, demijohn, cruet, flask, stone jar, pitcher and ewer.

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  • That jug is grade double A light.

  • My furniture, part of which I made myself--and the rest cost me nothing of which I have not rendered an account--consisted of a bed, a table, a desk, three chairs, a looking-glass three inches in diameter, a pair of tongs and andirons, a kettle, a skillet, and a frying-pan, a dipper, a wash-bowl, two knives and forks, three plates, one cup, one spoon, a jug for oil, a jug for molasses, and a japanned lamp.

  • A few minutes later, Jake returned with a jug of water, appearing less than excited.

  • ' The corpse laid out in state was provided by the priest with a jug of water for his journey, and with bunches of cut papers to pass him safely through each danger of the road - the place where the two mountains strike together, the road guarded by the great snake and the great alligator, the eight deserts and the eight hills; they gave him garments to protect him from the cutting wind, and buried a little dog by his side to carry him across the nine waters.

  • In the case of gastric dilatation from pyloric obstruction great relief may be afforded by washing out the viscus by means of a long rubber tube, a funnel, and a jug of hot water, as originally suggested by Adolf Kussmaul.

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