noun
- A large bottle with a narrow mouth.
- The quantity contained in a jug.
- synonyms: jugful
verb
- Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
- usage: "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
- synonyms: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, gaol, put away, remand
- Stew in an earthenware jug.
- usage: "jug the rabbit"
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