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jel·ly
[jel-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly·ing, adjective
[jel-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly·ing, adjective –noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
–adjective
| 1. | a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., esp. 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. |
| 5. | to bring or come to the consistency of jelly. |
| 6. | containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| jel·ly
(jěl'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. jel·lies
v. jel·lied, jel·ly·ing, jel·lies v. tr. To cause to have the consistency of jelly. v. intr. To acquire the consistency of jelly. See Synonyms at coagulate. [Middle English gelee, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *gelāta, from Latin, feminine past participle of gelāre, to freeze; see gel- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
jelly
jelly
1381, from O.Fr. gelée "a frost, jelly," lit. fem. pp. of geler "congeal," from L. gelare "to freeze," from gelu "frost." Jellyfish as the popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures is from 1841. Jellybean first attested 1908. Jellyroll "cylindrical cake containing jelly or jam" is from 1895; as slang for "vagina, sexual intercourse" it dates from 1914 ("St. Louis Blues").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| jelly | |
noun | |
| 1. | an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods [syn: gelatin] |
| 2. | a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit |
| 3. | any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin |
verb | |
| 1. | make into jelly; "jellify a liquid" [syn: jellify] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
jelly jel·ly (jěl'ē)
n.
A semisolid resilient substance usually containing some form of gelatin in solution.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Jelly
Jel"ly\, n.; pl. Jellies. [ Formerly gelly, gely, F. gel['e]e jelly, frost, fr. geler to freeze. L. gelare; akin to gelu frost. See Gelid.]1. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like. 2. The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly. Jelly bag, a bag through which the material for jelly is strained. Jelly mold, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes. Jelly plant (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made. --J. Smith. Jelly powder, an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; -- so called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Jelly
Jel"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jellied; p. pr. & vb. n. Jellying.] To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
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