slop jar

1. 1.

   a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot

   Synonymsslop pail

   Broaderbucket

Questions about slop jar

What does slop jar mean?

slop jar means "a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot".

What is another word for slop jar?

Close synonyms include slop pail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slop jar a common word?

slop jar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.