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Jelly

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Noun

1. gelatin, jelly

an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods

2. jelly

a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit

3. jelly

any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin

Verb

4. jellify, jelly

make into jelly

Example Sentences:
'jellify a liquid'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jelly

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noun plural -lies
1. 
a fruit-flavoured clear dessert set with gelatine
. US and Canadian trademark: Jell-o
2. 
a preserve made from the juice of fruit boiled with sugar and used as jam
3. 
a savoury food preparation set with gelatine or with a strong gelatinous stock and having a soft elastic consistency
calf's-foot jelly
4. 
anything having the consistency of jelly
5. informal
a coloured gelatine filter that can be fitted in front of a stage or studio light
verb -lies, -lying or -lied
6. 
to jellify
noun
British a slang name for gelignite

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Jelly

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nounWord forms: plural ˈjellies
1. 
a soft, resilient, partially transparent, semisolid, gelatinous food resulting from the cooling of fruit juice boiled with sugar, or of meat juice cooked down
2. 
any substance like this; gelatinous substance
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈjellied or ˈjellying
3. 
to make into jelly
4. 
to coat, fill, or serve with jelly
verb intransitive
5. 
to become jelly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jelly

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n. pl. jel·lies
1. A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar.
2. Something, such as a petroleum ointment, having the consistency of a soft, semisolid food substance.
3. A shapeless, pulpy mass: The hero's laser zapped the monster, turning it to jelly.
4. Something, such as a body part, that has suddenly become limp or enervated: Her knees turned to jelly when she learned she won first prize.
5. A jellyfish.
6. A jelly sandal.
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: The consommé jellied in the refrigerator.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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