JAM


Meaning of JAM in English

I.

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 + NOUN

▪ jar ( BrE )

▪ doughnut ( BrE ), sandwich ( esp. BrE ), tart ( BrE )

PHRASES

▪ bread and ~

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ constantly

People constantly jammed the street.

▪ up

The traffic will just ~ 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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .