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Noun: jelly  je-lee
  1. Fruit-flavoured dessert made from liquid set with gelatin
    - jello [N. Amer], Jell-O [N. Amer]
     
  2. A preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
     
  3. An edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
    - gelatin
     
  4. Any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
Verb: jelly  je-lee
  1. Make into jelly
    - jellify

Sounds like: jams, jaelly, g

Derived forms: jellying, jellied, jellies

Type of: change integrity, conserve, conserves, dainty, delicacy, gelatin dessert, goody, hydrocolloid, kickshaw [archaic], preserve, preserves, substance, treat

Encyclopedia: Jelly, William