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- Dictionaryjel·ly/ˈjelē/
noun
- 1. a sweet, clear, semisolid spread or preserve made from fruit juice and sugar boiled to a thick consistency.
- 2. jelly shoes.
verb
- 1. set (food) as or in a jelly: "the eels are stewed and jellied"
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The meaning of JELLY is a soft somewhat elastic food product made usually with gelatin or pectin; especially : a fruit product made by boiling sugar and the juice of fruit. How to use jelly in a sentence.
jelly definition: 1. a sweet soft food made by cooking fruit with sugar to preserve it. It is smooth, without any…. Learn more.
Jelly definition: a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.. See examples of JELLY used in a sentence.
jelly meaning: 1. a sweet soft food made by cooking fruit with sugar to preserve it. It is smooth, without any…. Learn more.
Jelly is the close relative to jam and preserves — jelly is typically more translucent than its fruitier cousins, and is sometimes made with juice rather than whole pieces of fruit. Outside of North America, jelly is a dessert made from gelatin.
1. (Cookery) a fruit-flavoured clear dessert set with gelatine. US and Canadian trademark: Jell-o. 2. (Cookery) a preserve made from the juice of fruit boiled with sugar and used as jam. 3. (Cookery) a savoury food preparation set with gelatine or with a strong gelatinous stock and having a soft elastic consistency: calf's-foot jelly. 4.
Jelly definition: A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar.
Definition of jelly noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jelly is a sweet food that is made by cooking fruit or fruit juice with a large amount of sugar until it is thickened. It is usually spread on bread.
n. Food a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., esp. fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc. any substance having the consistency of jelly.
