[jel-ee] 
noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly⋅ing, 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. |
| jel·ly (jěl'ē) n. pl. 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.] |
jelly jel·ly (jěl'ē)
n.
A semisolid resilient substance usually containing some form of gelatin in solution.
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