jam
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1.0
- noun
- /dʒæm/
:
mermelada
- We have quite a meal here for you: Bacon and eggs, porridge, orange juice and toast with jam.
- strawberry jam
- make jam
- jams and jellies
I don't care if it's Star Wars or making jam or whatever it is.
- I don't care if it's Star Wars or making jam or whatever it is.
- Lying and narcissism go together like jam and toast.
- The practicality of doing something as narrow as selling Raspberry jam was impossible.
- But but right now, it's time to make Zoe jam on toast.
Examples
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The resulting fruit can be eaten raw or cooked into jams and preserves.
Academic text (2006) -
The layers were spread with strawberry jam and covered with white icing.
Fiction book (1993) -
I have got the most delicious local jam.
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Look, I'm going to put my butter next to my jam, and I have more jam, OK?
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Most people are eating fruit juice, maybe some bread, jam, cereal for sure.
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Alvin doted on it, fed it toast and jam, and called it "sugar foot."
Fiction book (1993) -
Francine's breath smelled like the strawberry jam she'd just spread on her toast.
Fiction book (1996) -
There were buns made with a sweet yeast dough and filled with jam or studded with currants.
Fiction book (1992) -
I spread strawberry jam on my toast every morning.
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For breakfast, I love having pancakes with blueberry jam on top.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sweet clear fruit spread made from fruit juice and sugar
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2.8
A sweet spread made from boiled orange peel, pulp, and sugar
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1.1
A soft food used on bread, like butter or jam
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1.0
A sweet spread made from grape juice and sugar
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1.0
A sweet spread people make from strawberries and sugar to put on bread or pastries
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2.5
A sweet spread made from oranges with small pieces of peel for bread or toast
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1.0
A sweet thick spread made from strawberries and sugar for bread or desserts
A sweet spread you make by cooking medlar fruit with sugar
A sweet spread you make by cooking fruit with sugar, often with pieces of fruit left
A sweet clear spread made from apple juice for bread or cooking
A sweet, slightly tart jelly from crabapples for spreading on toast
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
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3.9
A meeting of musicians who make up music and play together without planning
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1.0
A sweet spread people make from strawberries and sugar to put on bread or pastries
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Jam for the sweet spread comes from the old idea of pressing or crushing fruit to make it, so think of fruit being 'pressed' into a jar. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine fruit 'jammed' into a pot until it becomes a thick, sweet spread.