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Word: Jelly
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French gelee ‘frost, jelly’, from Latin gelata ‘frozen’, from gelare ‘freeze’, from gelu ‘frost’
ˈdʒɛli
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
Short Definition:dessert made with gelatin
Examples:- a bowl of jelly and custard
- a jelly mould
a small sweet made with gelatin
Short Definition:sweet made with gelatin
Examples:- a box of fruit jellies
gelignite.
Short Definition:gelignite
jelly shoes.
Short Definition:jelly shoes
Word: Jelly
Speech Type: Verb
ˈdʒɛli
set (food) as or in a jelly
Short Definition:set as or in jelly
Examples:- the eels are stewed and jellied
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