jam

jam
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noun ⇨ See also ↑jelly
ADJECTIVE
home-made
apricot, raspberry, strawberry, etc.
… OF JAM
dollop (BrE)
jar, pot (BrE)
VERB + JAM
make
spread (sth with)

She spread the toast thinly with raspberry jam.

JAM + NOUN
jar (BrE)
doughnut (BrE), sandwich (esp. BrE), tart (BrE)
PHRASES
bread and jam
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verb
ADVERB
constantly

People constantly jammed the street.

up

The traffic will just jam up our village.

PHRASES
be jammed full (of sth)

The cupboards were jammed full of old newspapers.

be jammed solid (esp. BrE)

The traffic was jammed solid on the bridge.

be jammed tight with sth

The room is jammed tight with furniture.

be jammed together

We were jammed together shoulder to shoulder.

be jammed with

The airport was jammed with people trying to arrange flights.

Jam is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑gun
Jam is used with these nouns as the object: ↑finger, ↑mechanism, ↑signal, ↑switchboard

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
, , / (boiled in mass), / (from a crowd), / , , , , (crowded together)


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