jelly

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
noun a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
noun any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin

Inherited from Middle English gele. Doublet of gelee.

"There, besides, are amber jellies. — The Book of Ballads: Eleventh Edition, 1870, Theodore, Sir Martin
"Has your mother made her jelly?" — Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
A beautiful jelly it looked like. — The Magic City, E. (Edith) Nesbit

gelatin

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