jellynoun
uk/ˈdʒel.i/us/ˈdʒel.i/A2 [ C or U ] a sweet soft food made by cooking fruit with sugar to preserve it. It is smooth, without any pieces of fruit in it. Jelly is eaten on bread:
a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
apple jelly
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jam noun
marmalade
[ C or U ] UK US trademark Jell-O a soft, sweet, usually brightly coloured food made from sugar, gelatine, and fruit flavours, that shakes slightly when it is moved:
I've made a strawberry jelly for the children's tea.
jelly and ice cream
[ U ] any soft, slightly wet substance that shakes slightly when it is moved:
Frogs' eggs are covered in a sort of transparent jelly.
More examples
- Leave the jelly in the fridge to set.
- I was shaking like a jelly before my exam.
- Add a spoonful of redcurrant jelly to the sauce.
- The jelly mould was shaped like a crown.
- The contents of the bag had turned into an amorphous mass of jelly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Jams & spreads
- conserve
- filling
- golden syrup
- honey
- jam
- jammy
- lemon butter
- lemon curd
- manuka honey
- marmalade
- paste
- peanut butter
- preserve
- spread
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Puddings, desserts & ices
Substances & structures in the body
Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
Idiom(s)
beat sb to a jelly
turn to jelly