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jam2

Pronunciation: /dʒam/

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Definition of jam

noun

[mass noun]

a sweet spread or conserve made from fruit and sugar boiled to a thick consistency: strawberry jam [as modifier]:jam doughnuts
British used in reference to something easy or pleasant:they want it all, both ways and with jam on the top

verb (jam, jamming, jammed)

[with object]

make (fruit) into jam.

Phrases

jam tomorrow: British a pleasant thing which is often promised but rarely materializes: a promise of jam tomorrow wasn’t enough to satisfy them
[phrase from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass (1871)]