jelly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /dʒɛli/

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Noun

Singular jelly

Plural jellies

Jelly in a bowl

1. (uncountable) (US) Fruit juice mixed with sugar, then canned; especially grape.
   • Synonyms: jam, preserves, preservative, fruit spread, conserve and marmalade

   I like jelly on my toast.

2. (uncountable) (UK) A dessert made of sugar and gelatin.
   • Synonym: jell-o

   The children celebrated by eating bowls of jelly.

3. (uncountable) A soft solid.
   • Synonyms: gel, ooze, sludge and muck

   It turned into jelly.

Related words

• jam
• canned fruit
• can
• sugar
• liquid
• solid
• peanut butter and jelly
• marmalade