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hillo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bread noun A food made by baking a mixture of flour, water, and usually yeast.
  • cabbage noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
  • cake noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
  • cheese noun A solid food made from curdled milk, typically aged and eaten in slices, blocks, or grated.
  • dough noun A thick, soft mixture of flour and liquid used for baking bread, pastry, or similar foods.
  • jam noun A sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it thickens.
  • jelly noun A soft, semi-solid food made by setting fruit juice or another liquid with gelatin or pectin, often spread on bread or eaten as a dessert.
  • money noun Coins and banknotes used to buy things.
  • mozzarella noun A soft, mild Italian cheese, often used on pizza or in salads.
  • preserve verb To keep something safe from harm, damage, or decay.

Senses

hillo is used for these senses in English:

  • bread (slang, US, or, Cockney) Money.
  • cabbage (uncountable, slang) Money.
  • cake (slang) Money.
  • jam (less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
  • jelly (Commonwealth) 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.
  • jelly A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
  • mozzarella (uncountable, slang, AAVE) Money.
  • preserve A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.

bread — full definition

  1. noun A food made by baking a mixture of flour, water, and usually yeast.
  2. noun Money, especially as needed for a living (informal).
  3. noun The basic means of supporting life; sustenance in general.

cabbage — full definition

  1. noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
  2. noun (slang) Money.
  3. verb (informal, dated) To steal small amounts of something, especially fabric offcuts.

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