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crockery-jar

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A jar made from crockery or earthenware, typically a sturdy ceramic vessel used for storing food, liquids, or household goods.

Detailed Definition
Crockery-jar is a specialized household term for a jar made of ceramic ware. In the poem it helps create the absurd image of the Jumblies sleeping in improvised containers.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And they passed the night in a crockery-jar” (Edward Lear) uses absurd scale for comic nonsense; A crockery-jar is a container made for dishes or earthenware, comically large in Lear’s world; “The moon slept in a blue crockery-jar” continues the surreal domestic image; Nonsense verse often makes familiar household objects strange through impossible action
Additional Notes
The quoted compound is a specific material term that may be unfamiliar in this odd, old-fashioned context.; Found in the poem, The Jumblies by Edward Lear
Also Known As
ceramic jar pottery vessel earthenware container
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