ajar
(adjective) slightly open; “the door was ajar”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ajar (not comparable)
Slightly turned or opened.
ajar (comparative more ajar, superlative most ajar)
Slightly turned or opened.
ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)
(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
ajar (not comparable)
(archaic) Out of harmony.
Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)
(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
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Ajar (plural Ajars)
A member of an ethnographic group of Georgians.
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Source: Wiktionary
A*jar", adv. Etym: [OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See Char.]
Definition: Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
A*jar", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + jar.]
Definition: In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
