geleia — meaning in English

English meaning

• aspic noun A savoury jelly made from meat or fish stock.
• 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.
• marmalade noun A citrus preserve made with the peel as well as the fruit, giving it a slightly bitter edge, traditionally made from Seville oranges.

Senses

geleia is used for these senses in English:

• aspic A meat or fish jelly.
• 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 (chiefly, North America) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
• marmalade (obsolete) Quince jam.

aspic — full definition

1. noun A savoury jelly made from meat or fish stock.
2. noun A cold dish in which pieces of food are set inside a clear savoury jelly.
3. noun (old use) A small poisonous snake found in Egypt.
4. noun (historical) A small cannon that fired a two-pound cannonball.

jam — full definition

1. noun A sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it thickens.
2. noun A difficult or awkward situation.
3. noun A blockage or pileup, such as heavy traffic.
4. noun An informal, spontaneous session of playing music together.
5. verb To wedge something tightly so it can no longer move.

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