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jelly

[ jel-ee ]

noun

plural jellies.
  1. a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
  2. any substance having the consistency of jelly.
  3. Chiefly British. a fruit-flavored gelatin dessert.
  4. a plastic sandal or shoe.


verb (used with or without object)

jellied, jellying.
  1. to bring or come to the consistency of jelly.

adjective

  1. containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied:

    jelly apples.

jelly

1

/ ˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. a fruit-flavoured clear dessert set with gelatine US and Canadian trademarkJell-o
  2. a preserve made from the juice of fruit boiled with sugar and used as jam
  3. a savoury food preparation set with gelatine or with a strong gelatinous stock and having a soft elastic consistency

    calf's-foot jelly

  4. anything having the consistency of jelly
  5. informal.
    a coloured gelatine filter that can be fitted in front of a stage or studio light
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to jellify
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

jelly

2

/ ˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. a slang name for gelignite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ-ˌ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • l· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jelly1

1350–1400; Middle English gely < Old French gelee frozen jelly < Medieval Latin ٲ frozen, equivalent to Latin gel- freeze + -ate 1; gel, cold
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jelly1

C14: from Old French gelee frost, jelly, from geler to set hard, from Latin , from gelu frost
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“A friend once remarked,” she writes, “that while most people had very strong, competent exteriors and were a bowl of jelly inside, I was just the opposite.”

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"Reciprocal US tariffs on EU jams and jellies would serve to level the playing field," the company said, noting that the highest US jam tariff is currently just 4.5%.

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We nearly ate them all before trying out all the ways we imagined serving them, like with green mint jelly, but they are hard to beat plain.

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Those in the area reported a sudden jolt of energy, with some screaming and seeing high-rise buildings wobbling like jelly.

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“They have jelly ones — they’re, like, a grape jelly which is definitely not jelly. It is some sort of lab-made, delicious sugar…but it hits!”

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