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medlar jam

medlar jam

9.6
A sweet spread you make by cooking medlar fruit with sugar
  • noun
translation icon : mermelada de níspero
  • They served warm scones with medlar jam and clotted cream for tea.

Examples

  • I bought a jar of medlar jam at the farmers' market last weekend.

  • Her homemade medlar jam has a unique, slightly tart flavor that everyone loves.

  • I love medlar jam on my toast.

  • Have you tried medlar jam before?

  • Her homemade medlar jam has a unique, slightly tart flavor that everyone loves.

  • I bought a jar of medlar jam at the farmers' market last weekend.

  • They served warm scones with medlar jam and clotted cream for tea.

Synonyms

jam
vsmedlar jam
76 1.0

A sweet spread made by boiling crushed fruit with sugar

is a specific fruit spread rather than the general category of preserves
marmalade
vsmedlar jam
15 2.8

A sweet spread made from boiled orange peel, pulp, and sugar

is made from a tree fruit and not from citrus pulp and peel
strawberry jam
vsmedlar jam
3 1.0

A sweet spread people make from strawberries and sugar to put on bread or pastries

is made from a less common tree fruit rather than a soft berry

How Thick

medlar jam
9.6
jelly
81 1.0
syrup
203 1.0

Surface Forms

medlar jam singular
medlar jams plural

Morphology

medlar + jam

The meaning 'a preserve made from medlar fruit' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'medlar' (the fruit) with 'jam' (a fruit preserve). This fruit+jam compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English noun+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE.

Etymology

Medlar jam comes from the small fruit called the medlar, which must be kept until it becomes soft and almost mushy before it is cooked. That's why medlar jam means a 'sweet, slightly tart spread' made by cooking those softened fruits.