jelly

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Synonyms: jolly, belly, nelly, helly, jell, telly, felly, jello, kelly, elly, jilly

Antonyms: jolly, belly, nelly, helly, jell, telly, felly, jello, kelly, elly, jilly

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Noun

1. A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
   • His mother prepared jelly for him and his friends for dessert.
2. A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
3. Clipping of jelly coconut.
4. A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
5. Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
   • calf's-foot jelly
6. A jellyfish.
7. A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
8. A large backside, especially a woman's.
9. Alternative spelling of gelly: clipping of gelignite.
10. A jelly shoe.
11. Blood.

Verb

1. To make into jelly.
2. To preserve in jelly.
3. To wiggle like jelly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Adjective

1. Jealous.

Noun

1. Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.

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