How do you use the word "jelly" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "jelly": Peanut butter and jelly, please. Jelly sets as it cools.

Jelly Meaning

/ˈd͡ʒɛli/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA 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.

nounA clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.

Sentence Examples

Peanut butter and jelly, please.

Jelly sets as it cools.

Tom made himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

gelatin

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The child asked for a sweet ____ made from grapes on his sandwich.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Children love to eat sweet grape ____ with peanut butter on their sandwiches for lunch at school.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Inherited from Middle English gele. Doublet of gelee.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Rincewind relaxed slightly, which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly." — 1983, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, published 2022, page 127:

"Sam floored him perpetually, and beat his face to a jelly, without getting a scratch." — 1821, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 8, page 67:

"[…] some of the profounder scholars are altogether too great for locomotion, and are carried from place to place in a sort of sedan tub, wabbling jellies of knowledge that enlist my respectful astonishment." — 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “chapter 24”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:

"Species of the phylum Cnidaria – the classic jelly – have existed in something close to their current form for at least 565 million years; Ctenophora, the comb jellies, are not much younger." — 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5:

"‘Gowan goes to Oxford a lot,’ the boy said. ‘He′s got a jelly there.’" — 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 25:

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