jelly
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɛli/
:
jalea
- We spread jelly on our toast every morning for breakfast.
- jams and jellies
People were making pear Jelly, pear pear pie.
- People were making pear Jelly, pear pear pie.
- Do you do Jelly first or peanut butter first?
- Also celery, grape Jelly, Captain crunch with blue crunch berries.
- Frank and Joe's Jelly cups Double jug jugly cookie.
Examples
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I'm making bramble jelly, and it's just about to boil over.
Fiction book (1990) -
I fixed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, thankful for pantry staples.
Fiction book (1994) -
You know, these jelly sandwiches are so delicious.
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Dude, it's like peanut butter and jelly.
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We must send him some calf's-foot jelly.
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Miss Gussie fetched a jar of blackberry jelly, a butter dish, and a bowl of sugar.
Fiction book (1990) -
The homemade jelly made from strawberries was a big hit at the picnic.
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She prepared a layer cake filled with jelly and covered it with frosting.
Synonyms
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A sweet spread made by boiling crushed fruit with sugar
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A sweet spread made from boiled orange peel, pulp, and sugar
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A sweet spread made from grape juice and sugar
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A sweet thick spread made from strawberries and sugar for bread or desserts
A clear sweet jelly made from fruit juice and sugar
A sweet clear spread made from apple juice for bread or cooking
A sweet, slightly tart jelly from crabapples for spreading on toast
A sweet spread you make by cooking fruit with sugar, often with pieces of fruit left
Compounds
- Specialized
A small transparent sea animal like a jellyfish that moves by beating eight rows of tiny hairs
A soft, oily product you put on skin and on machine parts to make them move smoothly
- Specialized
A soft clear substance used to hold and protect small samples on microscope slides
- UK
A small egg-shaped sweet made of soft jelly with a sugar coating often eaten at Easter
A cold savory jelly made from pig's feet and other pork parts that becomes firm when cooled
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Etymology
Jelly comes from the old French word gelée and the root gel- meaning 'to set' or 'become firm'. Think of fruit juice boiled with sugar that then 'sets' into a clear, sweet spread — that is why we call that preserve jelly.