noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
measuring jug
measuring jug/cup/tape (= one used for measuring )
milk jug
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She put the butter, jam and milk jug on the table.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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Platter; lidded bread-bin; large hot water jug with half-lid Country-style interiors lend themselves to rich designs and colours.
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They used a large jug instead.
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A large jug and basin, charmingly ornamented with a design of blue ribbon, was its centre-piece.
■ NOUN
milk
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In the past it was much used for teapots, milk jugs and other forms of tableware.
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Cups, saucers, teapot, milk jug with its little muslin cloth, plates and splattered jam.
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Roman put the milk jug in front of her, his fingers slipped and the milk spilt all over the table.
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On a tray, set out a matching teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl.
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She set out butter, jam, milk jug .
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Or the lovely, curved local milk jugs made of some very dark wood.
water
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He took a water jug off the bar.
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Countless numbers of discarded water jugs and plastic trash bags have turned many areas into garbage dumps.
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Platter; lidded bread-bin; large hot water jug with half-lid Country-style interiors lend themselves to rich designs and colours.
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The fancy bowls, water jugs and chamber pots, now so beloved of antique dealers, were in every bedroom.
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So far as I can reconstruct events, I was gazing at the water jug when the exchange started.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a two-gallon jug of wine