jelly mould
Britishnoun
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a mould made of glass, copper, etc, used to make a jelly in a decorative shape
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Also called (in certain other countries): jelly fungus. a member of any of three orders ( Auriculariales, Tremellales, and Dacrymycetales ) of basidiomycetous fungi that grow on trees and have a jelly-like consistency when wet. They include the conspicuous yellow brain fungus ( Tremella mesenterica ), the black witch's butter ( Exidia plana ), and the pinky-red jew's-ear ( Auricularia auricula-judae )
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He said at the moment there are lots of "jelly mould" sports utility vehicles on the market, which he said are really on-road cars or "soft-roaders".
From BBC
When so many politicians seem to have come out of the same jelly mould, he is the political insider with the insights of an outsider.
From BBC
There's a hand-painted ceramic jelly mould dedicated to Martin Luther King, a collection of replica glass apples, and a siren song produced by malfunctioning strip lights.
From The Guardian
But today the Strata tower in south found itself becalmed when it was named Britain's ugliest new building, pipping a rival that the judges said resembled a giant pair of buttocks and a bus station that looked like a jelly mould.
From The Guardian
Take a pretty shaped jelly mould, pour in a little of the red aspic to about rather more than a quarter of the mould.
From Project Gutenberg
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