jug

/dʒəg/

/dʒəg/

Other forms: jugs; jugged; jugging

Many people buy their milk in a jug, a large container with a handle and a small opening at the top.

A jug usually has a fairly small spout or mouth at the top; a gallon milk container is one kind of jug, usually made of plastic. Other jugs are made of clay or glass. In some countries, beer comes in a jug, and in others water is collected and carried in a jug. Earthenware jugs can actually be played as musical instruments, often in a jug band — the player blows across the opening and holds the jug at different angles.

Definitions of jug

1. noun

   a large bottle with a narrow mouth
   types:

   bellarmine, greybeard, long-beard, longbeard

   a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

   water jug

   a jug that holds water

   whiskey jug

   a jug that contains whiskey

   type of:

   bottle

   a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
2. noun

   the quantity contained in a jug
   synonyms: jugful

   type of:

   containerful

   the quantity that a container will hold
3. verb

   stew in an earthenware jug
   “jug the rabbit”

   type of:

   stew

   cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
4. verb

   lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand

   type of:

   confine, detain

   deprive of freedom; take into confinement