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jelly bean

jelly bean noun: a small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors.

jelly bean: a small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar,...
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Noun

jelly bean (plural jelly beans)

  1. A small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors.
    • Ronalda had gotten these jelly beans special, from Lenox Square. They were all colors, pink with brown flecks, purple, orange. The flavors had exotic names like Piña Colada and Fig Leaf.2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 104
    Synonyms:
    jelly egg

jelly bean meaning in Indonesian and Thai

jelly bean in Indonesian

small bean-shaped chewy candy
kacang jeli

jelly bean in Thai

small bean-shaped chewy candy
เจลลี่บีน jàyllêebeen

Synonyms of jelly bean

  • jelly egg

Forms of jelly bean

pluraljelly beans
alternative formjellybean

Words formed from jelly bean

Questions about jelly bean

What does jelly bean mean?
Jelly bean means a small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors.
What is jelly bean in Indonesian?
Jelly bean in Indonesian is kacang jeli. See Jelly bean meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is jelly bean?
Jelly bean is a noun.
What is the plural of jelly bean?
The plural of jelly bean is jelly beans.

Words near jelly bean in the dictionary

  1. jells
  2. jells out
  3. jelly
  4. jelly babies
  5. jelly baby
  6. jelly bean
  7. jelly beans
  8. jelly bellies
  9. jelly belly
  10. jelly blubber
  11. jelly blubbers

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