jelly

Universal Words (plural jellies) noun 1 [U,C] (BrE) (AmE jello, Jell-O [U]) a cold sweet transparent food made from GELATIN, sugar and fruit juice, that shakes when it is moved: jelly and ice cream * a raspberry jelly 2 [U] a substance like jelly made from GELATIN and meat juices, served around meat, fish, etc. SYNASPIC: chicken in jelly 3 [U,C] a type of jam that does not contain any pieces of fruit: blackcurrant jelly compareJAM 4 [U] any thick sticky substance, especially a type of cream used on the skin seealsoPETROLEUMJELLY, ROYALJELLY 5 (also jelly shoe) [C] a light plastic shoe designed for wearing on the beach and in the sea IDIOMS be / feel like jelly