Box and Jar

Box

Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.

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Jar and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jar" instead the word "Box" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: boxed

Jar noun - A forceful coming together of two things.

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Box and jar are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead the word "Jar" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: jarful

old	old box	old jar
full	full box	full jar
special	special box	special jar
similar	similar box	similar jar
Other adjectives: original, single, simple, empty, small, actual, entire, large, big, huge, little, new, broken, last, literal, nearby, giant, sealed, heart-shaped.

Pawns also have a habit of breaking open any and every box or jar they see, just to check if something interesting is inside.

Source: Video Game / Dragon's Dogma
According to some versions, Pandora being presented to mankind by the gods after the fire was stolen, and then her opening the stupid box/jar, led to the problems of the world.

Source: Blessed With Suck / Mythology
It's a box (Actually Pandora's Box was a pithos, a type of jar, but there was a mistranslation that stuck); 2.

Source: Video Game / God of War Series

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