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What (who) is JELLIES - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Jellies; Jelly (food); Gelly; Jelly (disambiguation)
Jellies
·pl of Jelly.
jelly
¦ noun (plural jellies)
1. chiefly Brit. a semi-solid dessert consisting of a sweet, fruit-flavoured liquid set with gelatin.
a small sweet made with gelatin.
2. a similar preparation made with fruit or other ingredients as a condiment.
a savoury preparation made from gelatin and meat stock.
3. any substance of a semi-solid consistency similar to jelly.
4. Brit. informal a tablet of the drug Temazepam.
5. Brit. informal term for gelignite.
¦ verb (jellies, jellying, jellied) [usu. as adjective jellied] set (food) as or in a jelly.
Derivatives
jellification noun
jellify verb (jellifies, jellifying, jellified).
Origin
ME: from OFr. gelee 'frost, jelly', from L. gelata 'frozen'.
Jelly
·vi To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
II. Jelly ·noun The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
III. Jelly ·noun Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
Examples of use of JELLIES
1. For humans, pectin is used to set jellies and jams.
2. Foams and warm jellies and liquid nitrogen all play their parts.
3. A 6ft model in a bikini greeted us with a tray of very strong vodka jellies.
4. A fake jellyfish that mimics the bioluminescent light of real jellies has attracted several squid attacks, they said.
5. Haribo began selling the fruit–flavoured jellies, which have been approved by senior clerics, at Asda supermarkets earlier this month.