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# jam

noun (jam, jams); verb (jam, jams, jammed, jamming)

«jam» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Jam is a sweet food made from fruit and sugar that you spread on bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#m1)
2. A traffic jam is when many cars are stuck and cannot move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#m2)
3. To jam is to get stuck or to push something tightly into a space: the door jammed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#m3)
4. A jam is a difficult situation: in a jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#m4)
5. To jam is also to play music together freely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: jars of jam are counted, weighed or shared; a traffic jam adds time to a trip. In science and cooking: fruit boiled with sugar becomes jam. Everyday life: jam sandwiches, toast and jam. Safety: if a machine or printer jams, ask an adult and turn it off. Phrases: strawberry jam, traffic jam, in a jam, jam-packed, paper jam.

### Examples

- Mom made 6 jars of jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x1)
- Each jar holds 250 grams of jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x2)
- They sat in a traffic jam for 20 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x3)
- She spreads jam on 8 slices of bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x4)
- I like toast with strawberry jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x5)
- The printer has a paper jam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x6)
- The drawer jammed and would not open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x7)
- The bus was jam-packed with fans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x8)
- I am in a jam: I forgot my homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x9)
- “And after the cauliflower, some cake and jam.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/#x10)

### Note

Food «jam» is uncountable: some jam, a jar of jam. In the USA «jelly» often means jam; in the UK «jelly» is a wobbly pudding. Jam is the thing counted (jars, spoons, grams). A traffic jam adds extra minutes to the time of a trip.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Latin quotation, "jam" is not the fruit food but the Latin word for "now" or "already". It appears in a Latin sentence quoted by an English translator. In the primary lessons: In maths: jars of jam are counted, weighed or shared; a traffic jam adds time to a trip. In science and cooking: fruit boiled with sugar becomes jam. Everyday life: jam sandwiches, toast and jam. Safety: if a machine or printer jams, ask an adult and turn it off. Phrases: strawberry jam, traffic jam, in a jam, jam-packed, paper jam.

### Examples

- Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x1)
- Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et \[p. 12\] profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus." Johannes Pistorius. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x2)

### Note

Food «jam» is uncountable: some jam, a jar of jam. In the USA «jelly» often means jam; in the UK «jelly» is a wobbly pudding. Jam is the thing counted (jars, spoons, grams). A traffic jam adds extra minutes to the time of a trip.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jam» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jam/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jam» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jam.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «jam» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jam» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/jam.html) on Mova free.