jelly
noun
- 1
An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.
noun
- 1
A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America.
- 2
A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Known as "jam" in Commonwealth English.
- 3
A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
- 4
Any substance or object having the consistency of jelly.
“calf's-foot jelly”
- 5
A jellyfish.
- 6
A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
- 7
A large backside, especially a woman's.
- 8
A jelly shoe.
- 9
Blood.
verb
- 1
To wiggle like jelly.
- 2
To make jelly.
noun
- 1
A coconut with soft or gelatinous meat inside as well as the meat itself (which is of regular quality if the coconut is immature)
Antonyms
adjective
- 1
Jealous.
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