Слово англійською: jam

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Переклад jam українською: джем

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jam

noun
/dʒæm/

    sweet food

  1. [uncountable, countable] a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on bread
    • strawberry jam
    • a jar/pot of jam
    • recipes for jams and preserves
    • (British English) a jam doughnut
    compare jelly, marmalade

    2. many people/vehicles

  2. [countable] a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular place
    • The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam.
    • As fans rushed to leave, jams formed at all the exits.
    • We were stuck in a jam for an hour.
    see also chakka jam, traffic jam

    3. machine

  3. [countable] a situation in which a machine does not work because something is stuck in one position
    • There's a paper jam in the photocopier.
    4.

    people

  4. JAM, Jam
     (in the UK) used by the media to describe people who do not have much money to live on (the abbreviation for just about managing)
    • JAMs may be in work, but are struggling to pay for essentials such as food, heating or rent.
    5. Word Originnoun senses 2 to 3 early 18th cent.: probably symbolic; compare with cram noun sense 1 mid 18th cent.: perhaps from jam (verb).
Idioms
be in a jam
  1. (informal) to be in a difficult situation
jam tomorrow
  1. (British English, informal) good things that are promised for the future but never happen
    • They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.
money for jam/old rope
  1. (British English, informal) money that is earned very easily, for something that needs little effort
    • The job only took about an hour—it was money for jam.
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