Jelly

Quick meaning: Jelly is a noun meaning (Caribbean, Jamaica) Clipping of jelly coconut.

Meaning

(Caribbean, Jamaica) Clipping of jelly coconut.

More Meanings

1. A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
2. Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
3. (zoology) A jellyfish.
4. (US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
5. (Commonwealth) 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.
6. (slang, now rare) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
7. (chiefly Canada, US) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.

Example Sentences

calf's-foot jelly

His mother prepared jelly for him and his friends for dessert.

Sam floored him perpetually, and beat his face to a jelly, without getting a scratch.

Rincewind relaxed slightly, which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly.

Word Forms

• jellies
• jellying
• jellied

Synonyms for jelly

Depending on context, synonyms include jello, jam, marmalade, aspic, gelatin, jellify.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jellify, gelatin, jam, jello, cookie, donut.

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