jelly
A jelly is a sweet and squishy food made from fruit or sugar. You can eat it on toast, crackers, or straight out of the jar.
Jelly is often used as a topping for sandwiches, especially PB&Js (peanut butter and jelly). It's also used as an ingredient in baked goods like cakes and muffins. People use words like "jam" and "preserves" to describe similar foods, but with jelly, it's usually clear and thin. You might hear someone say they're making a jelly roll, which is a sweet dessert made from jelly and dough. Some people also make homemade jelly using fresh fruit, so it can be a fun and tasty project for food enthusiasts.
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noun
An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.
noun
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.
verb
To wiggle like jelly.
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A coconut with soft or gelatinous meat inside as well as the meat itself (which is of regular quality if the coconut is immature)
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