jel|ly — «JEHL ee», noun, plural lies, verb, lied, ly|ing. –n. 1. a food, soft when hot, but somewhat firm and partly transparent when cold. Jelly can be made by boiling fruit juice and sugar together, or by cooking bones and meat juice, or by using some… … Useful english dictionary
Jel Sert — is a privately held company based in West Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in 1926, its primary products are snack foods and beverages.History and productsThe Jel Sert company was named for its original product, a gelatin dessert mix … Wikipedia
jel|ly|bean — «JEHL ee BEEN», noun, or jelly bean, a small candy made of jellied sugar, often shaped like a bean: »pockets sticky with jellybeans … Useful english dictionary
jel — [d3el] n. a stupid person. (Someone who has gelatin where brains ought to be.) □ The guy’s a jel. Forget him. □ Oh, Wallace, don’t act like such a jel … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jelly — jel|ly [ˈdʒeli] n plural jellies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: gelee, from geler to freeze , from Latin gelare] 1.) [U and C] BrE a soft sweet food made from fruit juice and ↑gelatin American Equivalent: Jell O ▪ rasp … Dictionary of contemporary English
jelly — jel|ly [ dʒeli ] noun 1. ) count or uncount a sweet sticky food that is made from boiled fruit juice and sugar and is often spread on bread: blueberry jelly a jar of jelly 2. ) count or uncount BRITISH JELL O 3. ) count or uncount a sauce that is … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gel — /jel/, n., v., gelled, gelling. n. 1. Physical Chem. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc. 2. Theat. gelatin (def. 5). 3. Biochem. a semirigid polymer, as agarose, starch, cellulose acetate, or… … Universalium
gelatin — /jel euh tn/, n. 1. a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like. 2. any… … Universalium
jellyfish — /jel ee fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) jellyfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) jellyfishes. 1. any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, esp. one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing… … Universalium
jelly — jel•ly [[t]ˈdʒɛl i[/t]] n. pl. lies, 1) coo a sweet spread of fruit juice boiled with sugar and sometimes pectin, then cooled to a soft, sticky consistency 2) any substance having such consistency 3) clo Usu., jellies. a pair of transparent… … From formal English to slang
