jelly

Meanings

Plural: jellies

Noun

• an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
• a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
• any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
• A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
• A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
• Clipping of jelly coconut.
• A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
• Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
• A jellyfish.
• A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
• A large backside, especially a woman's.
• Clipping of gelignite.
• A jelly shoe.
• Blood.
• Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.

Verb

• make into jelly
• To make into jelly.
• To preserve in jelly.
• To wiggle like jelly.

Adj

• Jealous.

Synonyms

aspic, gelatin, jam, Jell-O, jellify, jello, marmalade

Related Words

gel, gelatin

Anagrams of jelly