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jelly

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛli/

The English word “jelly” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
  2. A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
  3. A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
  4. Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
  5. A jellyfish.
  6. A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
  7. A large backside, especially a woman's.
  8. A jelly shoe.
  9. Blood.
  10. Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.

verb

  1. To make into jelly.
  2. To preserve in jelly.
  3. To wiggle like jelly.

adjective

  1. Jealous.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gele. Doublet of gelee.

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