jam

Everyday

1. Jam is a sweet food made from fruit and sugar that you spread on bread. tree →
2. A traffic jam is when many cars are stuck and cannot move. tree →
3. To jam is to get stuck or to push something tightly into a space: the door jammed. tree →
4. A jam is a difficult situation: in a jam. tree →
5. To jam is also to play music together freely. tree →

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 →
• Each jar holds 250 grams of jam. tree →
• They sat in a traffic jam for 20 minutes. tree →
• She spreads jam on 8 slices of bread. tree →
• I like toast with strawberry jam. tree →
• The printer has a paper jam. tree →
• The drawer jammed and would not open. tree →
• The bus was jam-packed with fans. tree →
• I am in a jam: I forgot my homework. tree →
• “And after the cauliflower, some cake and jam.” tree →

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 →
• 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 →

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.