jellylike
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a word derived from
jelly.
jellynouna food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
Example Sentences
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Hydrogels have unique water-absorbing properties that give them a jellylike consistency resembling biological tissue.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
Van Leeuwenhoek’s teeth were coated with a jellylike film containing billions of bacteria.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
The most complex object in the known universe, the human brain is a jellylike mass of about three pounds made up of hundreds of billions of cells connected in trillions of ways we barely understand.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2022
“The spacecraft was a yellowish sphere that eventually melted away to a stringy, viscous substance. The alien is a blue, jellylike object approximately the size of a family sofa.”
From Slate ● Feb. 29, 2020
Dimple was excellent at arguing with Mamma, but when it came to confrontations with other people, her backbone somehow became jellylike.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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