jelly
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.
Example
“His mother prepared jelly for him and his friends for dessert.”
Other meanings
A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
A kind of
- conserve
Kinds of jelly
- apple jelly
- grape jelly
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “jelly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.