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jube

UK/dʒuːb/

jube noun: a type of gelatine-based confection; its ingredients and consistency vary between countries. Also the alternative spelling of jubé.

jube: a type of gelatine-based confection; its ingredients and consistency vary between countries
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Noun (1)

jube (plural jubes)

  1. A type of gelatine-based confection; its ingredients and consistency vary between countries.
    • As the scum forms on the top remove it, or the jubes will not be clear.1883, E. Skuse, The Confectioners′ Hand-Book and Practical Guide to the Art of Sugar Boiling, page 55
    • […]for example, barley sugar, menthol jubes, honey and glycerine jubes, eucalyptus jubes, voice jubes, &c).1940, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, Volume 163, Part 2, page 1738
    Synonyms:
    joob, jujube

Noun (2)

jube (plural jubes)

  1. An open drainage channel of a type common in Tehran.
    • The seasons in Tehran are colored with torpor.[…]Fear the narrow, icy streets with their treacherous jubes on either side.1951, Elizabeth Carr, Quickened Tempo in Tehran: The American Foreign Service Journal, volume 28, page 38
    • The existing provision for storm water drainage comprises lined open channels known locally as jubes. The jubes were originally constructed to perform the dual functions of surface water drainage and irrigation of roadside planting within the city.2000, R. C. Frew, N. Khakpour, “Construction of the Khayam Tunnel of the Tehran Main Drainage Scheme”, in Jian Zhao, J. Nicholas Shirlaw, Rajan Krishnan, editors, Tunnels and Underground Structures...

Also used as

jube is also the alternative spelling of jubé.

Examples of jube in a sentence

  • Unlike other jellies and jubes, which are made with gelatine, Pectin Jellies are made with natural pectin.2005, Council of Australian Food Technology Associations, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Food Australia: Official...
  • Ros′s father′s main preoccupations in his nursing home were to have a box of man-sized tissues beside his bed and plenty of his favourite fruit-flavoured jubes beside the jumbo Kleenex.2008, Tim Bowden, Down Under in the Top End: Penelope Heads North, page xix:
  • They merely didn′t comprehend that treated city tap water was safer than well or jube water.2005, Bill Burke, Adventures in the Middle East, Near East, And North Africa, unnumbered page:

Synonyms of jube

Forms of jube

pluraljubes

Origin of jube

From jujube, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon).

Words formed from jube

  • jube dog

Words that rhyme with jube

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about jube

What does jube mean?
Jube means a type of gelatine-based confection; its ingredients and consistency vary between countries.
How do you use jube in a sentence?
Unlike other jellies and jubes, which are made with gelatine, Pectin Jellies are made with natural pectin.
What part of speech is jube?
Jube is a noun.
How do you pronounce jube?
Jube is pronounced /dʒuːb/ (UK).
What is the plural of jube?
The plural of jube is jubes.

Words near jube in the dictionary

  1. jubbes
  2. jubblies
  3. jubbly
  4. Jubbulpore
  5. Jubbulpore hemp
  6. jube
  7. Juberg-Hellman syndrome
  8. Juberg-Marsidi syndrome
  9. juberous
  10. jubes
  11. jubie

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