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   jelly

   /ˈdʒɛli/

   noun

   • 1. a fruit-flavoured dessert made by warming and then cooling a liquid containing gelatin or a similar setting agent in a mould or dish so that it sets into a semi-solid, somewhat elastic mass: British "a bowl of jelly and custard"
   • ▪ a clear gelatinous substance made with fruit or other ingredients and eaten with savoury foods as a condiment: "roast pheasant with redcurrant jelly"
   • ▪ a type of clear gelatinous jam.
   • ▪ a savoury preparation with a gelatinous consistency made by boiling meat and bones.
   • ▪ any substance of a gelatinous consistency: "petroleum jelly"
   • 2. a small sweet made with gelatin: "a box of fruit jellies"
   • ▪ a tablet of the drug Temazepam. informal British
   • 3. gelignite. informal British
   • 4. jelly shoes.

   verb

   • 1. set (food) as or in a jelly: "the eels are stewed and jellied"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French gelee ‘frost, jelly’, from Latin gelata ‘frozen’, from gelare ‘freeze’, from gelu ‘frost’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. jellylike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • J

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   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

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   • Y

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