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Definitions for Jelly

[1] a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially 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.
[7] a fruit-flavoured clear dessert set with gelatine US and Canadian trademark: Jell-o
[8] a preserve made from the juice of fruit boiled with sugar and used as jam
[9] a savoury food preparation set with gelatine or with a strong gelatinous stock and having a soft elastic consistency calf's-foot jelly
[10] anything having the consistency of jelly
[11] informal a coloured gelatine filter that can be fitted in front of a stage or studio light
[12] to jellify
[13] British a slang name for gelignite

Words related to Jelly

gelatin, preserve, mass, extract, pulp, jell, pectin, unction, balm, ointment, salve

Words nearby Jelly

jellicoe, jellied, jellies, jellify, jello, jelly, jelly baby, jelly bag, jelly coat, jelly doughnut, jelly fungus

Origin of Jelly

1350–1400; Middle English gely < Old French gelee frozen jelly < Medieval Latin gelāta frozen, equivalent to Latin gel- freeze + -āta -ate1; cf. gel, cold

Other words from Jelly

jel·ly·like , adjective

Word origin for Jelly

C14: from Old French gelee frost, jelly, from geler to set hard, from Latin gelāre, from gelu frost

Synonyms for Jelly

gelatin, extract, jell, mass, pectin, preserve, pulp