You can make 4 words from jam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of jam
jam ajm jma mja amj maj
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Definitions and meaning of jam
jam
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæm/
(Southern England, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdʒæːm/
(fruit spread)
(verb)
Rhymes: -æm
Homophone: jamb
Etymology 1
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 Englishchammen, champen("to bite upon something, gnash the teeth"; whence modern champ, chomp), of uncertain origin; probably originally onomatopoeic.
Noun
jam (countable and uncountable, pluraljams)
(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
Synonyms:(US)conserve, jelly, preserve
(countable) A difficult situation.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:difficult situation
(countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
(countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
Synonym:jam-up
Hyponyms:paper jam, traffic jam
(countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
(countable, by extension, informal) A song; a track.
(countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
(countable, slang) That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
(countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
(countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
(climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
(Australia) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
(slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Czech: džem
→ Dutch: jam
→ Estonian: džemm
→ Japanese: ジャム(jamu)
→ Korean: 잼(jaem)
→ Polish: dżem
→ Russian: джем(džem)
→ Serbo-Croatian: džȅm, џе̏м
→ Slovak: džem
→ Ukrainian: джем(džem)
Translations
See also
jelly
marmalade
Verb
jam (third-person singular simple presentjams, present participlejamming, simple past and past participlejammed)
To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
1779, George Colman, Farewell Epilogue, spoken at Wynnstay after the representation of Cymbeline and The Spanish Barber, 22 January, 1779, in Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, London: T. Cadel, 1787, Volume 3, p. 283,[3]
Since the new post-horse tax, I dare engage
That some folks here have travell’d in the Stage:
Jamm’d in at midnight, in cold winter weather,
The crouded passengers are glew’d together.
To render something unable to move.
To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
(baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
(basketball) To dunk.
(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
(roller derby) To attempt to score points.
(nautical, transitive) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
(Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
(colloquial) To be of high quality.
I love this song! This song jams!
Synonyms
ram
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Persian or Hindi, meaning "garment, robe;" see جامه(“garment”). Related to pajamas.
Noun
jam (pluraljams)
(dated) A kind of frock for children.
Etymology 3
Noun
jam (pluraljams)
(mining)Alternative form of jamb
References
jam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“jam”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“jam”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
See also
Ram-jam
Anagrams
JMA, Maj, Maj., maj, maj.
Albanian
Alternative forms
jom — Kosovo
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésmi(“to be, exist”). The forms in qe- may derive from Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-(“to turn, revolve”), whence also Ancient Greekπέλω(pélō, “to be”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈjam/
Rhymes: -am
Verb
jam (aoristqeshë, participleqenë)
to be
Indicates a quality or identity.
Është e bukur. ― She is beautiful.
Si je? ― How are you?
S'është për ty. ― It is not for you.
Indicates location.
Synonym:gjendem
Jam në shtëpi. ― I am at home.
Janë jeshta. ― They are out.
Ku je? ― Where are you?
(intransitive) to live, stay alive
Synonyms:rroj, jetoj, gjëllij
to be from, come from [+ nga(object)]
Synonyms:vij, rrjedh
Jemi nga Shqipëria. ― We are from Albania.
Nga je? ― Where are you from?
to support, agree with [+ me(object)]
Synonyms:pajtohem, përkrah
Jam me ty. ― I agree with you.
(third person) to happen, take place, occur
Synonyms:ndodh, ngjan, bëhet
(third person) there be
Synonym:ka
Janë mjaft. ― There are enough.
Followed by gerunds, forms the present continuous.
Isha duke lexuar. ― I was reading.
Conjugation
References
Further reading
“jam”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][5] (in Albanian), 1980, pages 734–735
Baba Malay
Etymology
From Malayjam, from Sanskritयाम(yāma).
Noun
jam
hour
time
Further reading
Baba Malay Dictionary
Chinese
Etymology 1
From Englishjam.
Pronunciation
Verb
jam
(Hong Kong Cantonese) to jam (to play music)
Derived terms
References
English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Verb
jam
(Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to nab; to take without asking
Synonyms
Related terms
占 (zim1, zem1, “jam”)
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Portugueseinhame or Spanishiñame, both likely of West African origin.
Noun
jamm inan
yam (any Dioscorea vine)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishjam.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʒɛm/
Hyphenation: jam
Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
jamm (pluraljams, diminutivejammetjen)
(chiefly Netherlands)jam(congealed sweet mixture of conserved fruits)
Synonyms
confituur
marmelade
Derived terms
aardbeienjam
jampot
kersenjam
Descendants
→ Caribbean Javanese: sèm
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latiniam.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [jam]
Audio:
Hyphenation: jam
Adverb
jam
already, prior to some time
Ŝi jam nutris la bestojn. ― She already fed the animals.
Fula
Noun
jamo
(Pulaar, Maasina) peace
References
M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
jam
granary, storehouse
Highland Popoluca
Noun
jam
lime
References
Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)[6] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 74
Iban
Etymology
From Sanskritयाम(yāma, “time”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [d͡ʒam]
Hyphenation: jam
Noun
jam
hour (Time period of sixty minutes)
clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
time
Indonesian
Alternative forms
djam(pre-1947, 1947-1972)
Etymology
From Malayjam, from Sanskritयाम(yāma, “time”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒam/, [ˈd͡ʒam]
Hyphenation: jam
Noun
jam (first-person possessivejamku, second-person possessivejammu, third-person possessivejamnya)
hour (Time period of sixty minutes)
clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
(colloquial)time, particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something
Synonyms:pukul, saat, waktu
Derived terms
Further reading
“jam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Adverb
jam (not comparable)
already
Javanese
Romanization
jam
Romanization of ꦗꦩ꧀
Latgalian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈjam/
Hyphenation: jam
Pronoun
jam
dative singular of jis
Es jam atsaceju par reizi. ― I replied to him right away.
Jam daguoja laistīs paceli nu sātys. ― He had to leave his home.
Vys jam nazkas natai. ― He's never satisfied. (literally, “It's never good enough for him.”)
References
Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37
Latin
Adverb
jam (not comparable)
Alternative form of iam
References
“jam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
Derived terms
Descendants
Baba Malay: jam
Indonesian: jam
→ Iban: jam
→ Javanese: ꦗꦩ꧀(jam)
→ Pattani Malay: جٍي / แยฺ(jɛ)
Further reading
“jam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisianjī. Cognate with West Frisian jimme.
Pronoun
jam
you (plural)
your (plural)
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jam/
Rhymes: -am
Syllabification: jam
Noun
jamf
genitive plural of jama
Pronoun
jam
(informal, sometimes proscribed)Combined form of ja + -m
Further reading
jam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovene
Noun
jam
genitive dual/plural of jama
Spanish
Noun
jamm (pluraljamsorjam)
jam(music session)
Swedish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jɑːm/
Noun
jamn
meow (sound of a cat)
Synonym:(more common)mjau
Declension
Related terms
jama
Anagrams
Maj, maj
Uzbek
Etymology
From Arabicجَمْع(jamʕ). Compare Turkishcem.
Adjective
jam (comparativejamroq, superlativeeng jam)
addition, plus, total
Derived terms
jamlamoq
Waigali
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d͡ʒám/
Noun
jam
metal water pot
Welsh
Etymology
From Englishjam.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d͡ʒam/
Noun
jamm (pluraljamiau, not mutable)
jam
Synonym:cyffaith
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “jam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
jamc (pluraljams)
jam, fruit preserves
Alternative forms
sjem
Further reading
“jam (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011