geleia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aspic noun A meat or fish jelly.
- 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
- noun A meat or fish jelly.
- noun A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
- noun An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
- noun A light cannon firing a two-pound ball.
jam — full definition
- noun A sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it thickens.
- noun A difficult or awkward situation.
- noun A blockage or pileup, such as heavy traffic.
- noun An informal, spontaneous session of playing music together.
- verb To wedge something tightly so it can no longer move.