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Word entry · 3 letters

jam

Best crossword clue

"Fruit preserve"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒæm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ajmStarts with JEnds with M6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

Word origin

First attested in the early 18th c. as a verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”. Compare dialectal jammock (“to press, squeeze, crush into a soft mass, chew food"; also "a soft, pulpy substance”). Perhaps from Middle English chammen, champen ("to bite upon something, gnash the teeth"; whence modern champ, chomp), of uncertain origin; probably originally onomatopoeic.

Used in a sentence

  • He is allergic to jam.
  • She loves eating jam for breakfast in hotels.
  • It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Fruit preserve3 letters
02Fruit spread for toast3 letters
03Spread made from fruit3 letters
04Toast spread3 letters
05Toast topping from fruit3 letters
06Traffic blockage3 letters

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