Noun: jelly je-lee
- A preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
"He preferred grape jelly on his peanut butter sandwiches"
- Fruit-flavoured dessert made from liquid set with gelatin
"The children enjoyed eating colourful jelly cups at the party";
- jello [N. Amer], Jell-O [N. Amer]
- An edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
"Aspic is a savoury jelly often used in French cuisine";
- gelatin
- Any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
"The chef used fruit jelly to glaze the pastries"
Derived forms: jellying, jellies, jellied
Type of: change integrity, conserve, conserves, dainty, delicacy, gelatin dessert, goody, hydrocolloid, kickshaw [archaic], preserve, preserves, treat
Encyclopedia: Jelly, William