jellies

Noun

jelly (countable and uncountable, plural jellies)

1. (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.
   • His mother prepared jelly for him and his friends for dessert.

   Synonyms:

   jello, Jell-O

2. (Canada, US) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
   • Perfect jelly is of appetizing flavor; beautifully colored and translucent; tender enough to cut easily with a spoon, yet firm enough to hold its shape when turned from the glass.1945, Fannie Merritt Farmer and Wilma Lord Perkins (revisor), The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Eighth edition

   Synonyms:

   jam, marmalade

3. A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.

   Synonyms:

   aspic

4. Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
   • calf's-foot jelly
5. A jellyfish.
   • Species of the phylum Cnidaria – the classic jelly – have existed in something close to their current form for at least 565 million years; Ctenophora, the comb jellies, are not much younger.2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5
6. (archaic, slang) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
   • ‘Gowan goes to Oxford a lot,’ the boy said. ‘He′s got a jelly there.’1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 25

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