Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: jam
IPA transcription: [dʒ'æm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jam
    Meaning: preserve of crushed fruit
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam
    Meaning: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
  • Synonyms: jam
    Meaning: push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
  • Synonyms: jam, crush
    Meaning: crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
  • Synonyms: jam, block
    Meaning: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
Usage examples
  • "And cherry jam?
  • 'It's very good jam,' said the Queen.
  • Let me have jam too, I like it still."
  • 'Twopence a week, and jam every other day.'
  • Let me wipe off that strawberry jam over your mouth."
  • 'It MUST come sometimes to "jam to-day,"' Alice objected.
  • You remember how you used to love cherry jam when you were little?"
  • If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."
  • And I'll make her enough blue plum preserve to stock her jam closet for a year.
  • Add the whites of eggs, beaten stiff and let fry a golden color; then spread with jam and serve hot.