jelly
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Sense 1
- noun
- A2
A soft sweet cold dessert that shakes when you move it, made from fruit juice, sugar and gelatine powder that makes it firm.
The jelly had not set properly and slid off the spoon.
Lime jelly is the only flavour my sister will eat.
We carefully turned the jelly out of its ring mould.
Common collocations: strawberry jelly · jelly and ice cream · let the jelly set · a bowl of jelly
Part of: Sweets
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
A clear sweet spread made by boiling fruit juice with sugar, with no pieces of fruit in it, eaten mostly on bread.
He spread grape jelly on both slices of white bread.
This jelly is completely clear and has no fruit pieces in it.
Warm the jelly a little and it will spread more easily.
Common collocations: grape jelly · apple jelly · a jar of jelly · peanut butter and jelly
Forms
- plural
- jellies