jug

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌɡ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a large bottle with a narrow mouth
  2. noun the quantity contained in a jug
  3. verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Etymology

From Middle English jugge, of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant of Middle English jubbe, jobbe, iubbe, geobbe, itself of unknown origin; or perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English ċēac (“pitcher; jug”). Compare also jug (“a low woman, maidservant”), from Jug, familiar form of Joanna. Prison sense attested from at least 1825 in Britain.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
bottle
Narrower (hyponyms)
water jug, bellarmine, whiskey jug

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