Conserves - English meaning

noun

A preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

Raspberry confiture

noun

A soft food made by cooking fruit or vegetables with sugar and water to preserve them

Usage examples:

I don’t throw away all the white membrane from the oranges as it contains pectin, which thickens th…

verb

Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.

Usage examples:

Four of us were jammed in one compartment

noun

An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.

Usage examples:

Paper jams

verb

A sweet spread or conserve made from fruit and sugar boiled to a thick consistency.

Usage examples:

Strawberry jam

noun

A fruit-flavoured dessert made by warming and then cooling a liquid containing gelatin or a similar setting agent in a mould or dish so that it sets into a semi-solid, somewhat elastic mass.

Usage examples:

A bowl of jelly and custard

verb

Set (food) as or in a jelly.

Usage examples:

The eels are stewed and jellied

adjective

Jealous.

Usage examples:

I'm so jelly that you were at the show

noun

A preserve made from citrus fruit, especially bitter oranges.

noun

A soft food made by cooking fruit, esp. oranges, with sugar

Usage examples:

She spread marmalade on her toast.

verb

Maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

Usage examples:

All records of the past were zealously preserved

noun

A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar, such as jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

A jar of cherry preserve

verb

Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

Usage examples:

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

noun

The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Usage examples:

Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease

verb

Distribute or disperse widely