“ jam”, in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.( dated ) A kind of frock for children.Persian or Hindi, meaning "garment, robe " see جامه ( “ garment ” ). Lower Sorbian: marmelada f, konfitira f Upper Sorbian: marmelada f, konfitira f Portuguese: geleia (pt) f, compota (pt) f.Northern Kurdish: rîçal (ku), mirabe (ku) Italian: marmellata (it) f, confettura (it) f.Hungarian: dzsem (hu), íz (hu), lekvár (hu), gyümölcsíz (hu).German: Marmelade (de) f, Konfitüre (de) f.French: confiture (fr) f, marmelade (fr) f.Azerbaijani: mürəbbə (az), riçal, cem (az), povidlo.Arabic: مُرَبًّى m ( murabban ) Egyptian Arabic: مربى f ( meraba ) Hijazi Arabic: مُرَبَّى f ( murabba ).Synonyms: see Thesaurus: difficult situation Synonyms: ( US ) conserve, jelly, preserve Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts. ( less common in the US ) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal.Jam ( countable and uncountable, plural jams) Perhaps from Middle English chammen, champen ( "to bite upon something, gnash the teeth" whence modern champ, chomp ), of uncertain origin probably originally onomatopoeic. Compare dialectal jammock ( “ to press, squeeze, crush into a soft mass, chew food" also "a soft, pulpy substance ” ). as a verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”. ( Southern England, Australia ) IPA ( key): /ˈdʒæːm/įirst attested in the early 18th c.( Received Pronunciation, US ) IPA ( key): /ˈd͡ʒæm/.English Marmalade, a type of jam, spread on a piece of bread A strawberry jam and peanut butter sandwich Pronunciation
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