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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half jar" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity of something contained in a jar, specifically indicating that the jar is only partially full.
Example: "I have a half jar of peanut butter left in the pantry that we can use for sandwiches."
Alternatives: "half a jar" or "one-half jar".
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In the frenzy, they had managed to escape with nine cans of food, two cans of crackers, a half jar of peanut butter, two 5-gallon jugs of water, five bottles of Evian.
For a half jar, heat for about 10 seconds.
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When they were on the New Jersey Turnpike, more than a hundred ounce-and-a-half jars of Dickinson's Pure Fancy Sweet Orange Marmalade fell from the sky, shattering the windshield of the car but not hurting anyone seriously.
Four young children, distant family members, had been discovered in a Georgia motel room filled with drugs, alcohol, a half-loaf of bread, a half-jar of peanut butter and a dwindling supply of baby formula.
It is $4.99 for a three-and-a-half-ounce jar at Kalustyan's, 123 Lexington Avenue, at 28th Street; (212) 685-3451.
In just seven days, I have eaten four pieces bread, half jar of sour cream, and two canned tunas.
But, for the next six hours, we poured fluffy salt into tiny one-and-a-half-ounce jars.
A half-full jar of red sweets representing Labour is revealed next, followed by the Conservatives which collected two-thirds of a jar.
I'm pondering the fate of a half-eaten jar of strawberry jam in my refrigerator.
Put zest in a half-gallon jar with a tight-fitting lid, and add vodka.
Next he selects a half-gallon jar of heart-stopping white lightning, as clear as vodka.
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