apple jelly

1.1

A sweet clear spread made from apple juice for bread or cooking

noun
/ˈæpəl ˈdʒɛli/

: gelatina de manzana

For dessert, serve the cheesecake topped with a layer of smooth apple jelly.
a cup of apple jelly
1 tablespoon of apple jelly

Examples

Homer and the men load crates of apple jelly onto a truck.

Fiction book (1999)
You can use apple jelly as a sweet spread on toast in the morning.
In a small bowl, mix apple jelly with peanut butter for a delicious snack.

Synonyms

jelly

vsapple jelly

39 1.0

A soft wobbly dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice

is clearer and fruit juice based, used as a spread for cooking not dessert

gelée

vsapple jelly

9.3

A clear sweet jelly made from fruit juice and sugar

is used mainly as a spread or for cooking rather than desserts

How Solid

apple butter

3 2.1

apple jelly

1.1

applesauce

15 1.0

apple juice

31 1.0

Surface Forms

apple jelly singular

apple jellies plural

Morphology

apple + jelly

The meaning 'a sweet, clear jelly made from apple juice' is directly compositional from 'apple' (the fruit) + 'jelly' (a fruit-based preserve), so a learner who knows both words can infer the item. This noun–noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically transparent pattern for food names, making it easily understandable at B1.

Etymology

The compound noun apple jelly comes from the simple idea of a clear, sweet jelly made from apple juice. Imagine cooked apples giving a shiny, set jelly you can put on bread as a 'spread' or use in cooking, and that is why the word means a sweet, spreadable 'jelly' made from apples.