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— English words —

• jam n. (Less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread…
• jam n. (Countable) A difficult situation.
• jam n. (Countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
• jam n. (Countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
• jam n. (Countable, by extension, informal) A song; a track.
• jam n. (Countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
• jam n. (Countable, slang) That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
• jam n. (Countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
• jam n. (Countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
• jam n. (Countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
• jam n. (Climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
• jam n. (Australia) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
• jam n. (UK, slang) Luck.
• jam n. (Canada, slang) balls, bollocks, courage, machismo.
• jam n. (Slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
• jam v. To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
• jam v. To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
• jam v. To render something unable to move.
• jam v. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
• jam v. To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
• jam v. (Baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter’s hands.
• jam v. (Basketball) To dunk.
• jam v. (Music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
• jam v. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit’s tip.
• jam v. (Roller derby) To attempt to score points.
• jam v. (Nautical, transitive) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
• jam v. (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
• jam n. (Dated) A kind of frock for children.
• jam n. (Mining) Alternative form of jamb.
• JAM n. (UK, informal) A household that is only barely able to meet its financial obligations.
• Jam. prop.n. (Biblical) Abbreviation of James.
• Jam. prop.n. (Law) Abbreviation of Jamaica.

— International convention —

• JAM sym. (International standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Jamaica.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Albanian
  • jam v. To be.
• Baba malay - Javanese - Lindu
  • jam n. Hour.
• Baba malay - Lindu
  • jam n. Time.
• Chinese
  • jam v. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to jam (to play music).
  • jam v. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang, uncommon) to steal; to take without asking.
• Czech
  • jam n. Yam (any Dioscorea vine).
• Esperanto
  • jam adv. Already, prior to some time.
• Garo
  • jam n. Granary, storehouse.
• Highland popoluca
  • jam n. Lime.
• Hungarian
  • -jam suff. (Personal suffix) Used to form the definite first-person singular subjunctive of verbs.
• Indonesian
  • jam n. (Colloquial) time, particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something.
• Indonesian - Malay
  • jam n. Hour (Time period of sixty minutes).
  • jam n. Clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time).
• Interlingua
  • jam adv. Already.
• Javanese - Lindu
  • jam n. Clock.
• Khiamniungan naga
  • jām n. (Patsho) a house; building.
• Latgalian
  • jam pron. Dative singular of jis.
• Lithuanian
  • jam pron. (Third-person singular) dative form of jis.
• Noone
  • jám v. Suck.
• North frisian
  • jam pron. You (plural).
  • jam pron. Your (plural).
• Pela
  • ja̠m⁵⁵ n. Home.
  • ja̠m⁵⁵ n. House.
• Polish
  • jam n. Genitive plural of jama.
  • jam pron. (Informal, sometimes proscribed) Combined form of ja + -m.
• Rawang
  • jám v. To decay.
• Slovene
  • jam n. Genitive dual/plural of jama.
• Swedish
  • jam n. Meow (sound of a cat).
• Tausug
  • jām n. Hour.
• Welsh
  • jam n. Jam.
• West frisian
  • jam n. Jam, fruit preserves.

— English words, defined in German —

• jam S. Marmelade.
• jam S. Andrang, Gedränge, Stau.

— English words, defined in French —

• jam n. (Cuisine) Confiture.
• jam n. Embouteillage.
• jam n. Impromptu musical.
• jam n. Difficulté.
• jam n. Bouchon.
• jam v. (Musique) Improviser de la musique.
• jam v. (Défense) Brouiller, bloquer l’émission d’un signal radiofréquence.
• jam v. (Argot) Bloquer un membre, un objet.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• jam s. Jalea, mermelada.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• jam s. Compota de frutas.
• jam s. Situação difícil; enrascada.
• jam s. Congestão, bloqueio.
• jam s. Apresentação informal e repentina de um grupo musical.
• jam v. Bloquear, congestionar.
• jam v. Tocar música de maneira improvisada.
• jam v. Entalar.
• jam v. Espremer; colocar em lugar apertado.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• jam s. (Gastronomia) marmellata.
• jam s. Calca.
• jam s. Ressa.
• jam s. Ingorgo.

— In German —

• Jam S. Brotaufstrich aus eingekochten Früchten.

— In Dutch —

• jam n. (Voeding) (fruit) een gelei van suiker en gekookt fruit…
• jam w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van jammen.
• jam w. Gebiedende wijs van jammen.
• jam w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van jammen.

— In French —

• jam n. (Jazz) Séance musicale improvisée fondée sur des standards…
• jam n. (Sport).
• jam n. (Scoutisme) Jamboree (grand rassemblement de scouts).
• jam n.m. Confiture.

270 English words from 64 English definitions

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26 English words from 32 foreign definitions

Argot Confiture Cuisine des een fruit grand Impromptu Improviser informal Jamboree Jazz Marmelade membre musical musicale musique objet rassemblement scouts Séance signal Sport standards Stau van

2 foreign words from 64 English definitions

acuminata jama

64 foreign words from 32 foreign definitions

Andrang apertado Apresentação aus Bij Bloquear bloqueio bloquer Bouchon Brotaufstrich Brouiller Calca colocar Compota congestionar Défense de␣la Difficulté difícil Eerste Eerste␣persoon eingekochten Embouteillage émission enkelvoud enrascada Entalar Espremer fondée Früchten frutas Gastronomia Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs Gedränge gekookt gelei grupo improvisada improvisée Ingorgo inversie Jalea jammen lugar maneira marmellata mermelada música persoon radiofréquence repentina Ressa Scoutisme Situação suiker sur tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd Tocar tweede tweede␣persoon Voeding wijs

309 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Jama JAMA jamb jamo jamp jams JAMs Jamal jaman Jamar Jamas jamat jambe Jambi jambo Jambo jambs jambu James Jamie Jamil Jamir jamli Jammu jammy jamon jamos Jamul jamun jam-up jamaat jamans Jamari Jamars jamats jambed jambee jamber jambes jambia jambok jambon jamboo jambos Jambos jambox jambul jambus jambya jamdad +259 words

163 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Ajami aljama djamba enjamb Ijames mojama pajama pyjama ujamaa unjams ajamoda aljamas enjambs Hajjams jamjams jimjams jim-jams lob␣jams logjams log␣jams paijama pajamas panjams punjams pyjamas ram-jams Ram-jams sjambok St.␣James toe␣jams ujamaas benjamin Benjamin doorjamb enjambed fist␣jams Ijameses N'Djamena paijamas pajamaed pajamers pole␣jams pyjamaed pyjammas sjambock sjamboke sjamboks slow␣jams St␣James's unjammed +113 words

33 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Ajam ijam i'jam i'jām Cujam unjam FIGJAM Hajjam jimjam jim-jam lob␣jam logjam log␣jam panjam punjam ram-jam Ram-jam toe␣jam antijam fist␣jam game␣jam pole␣jam shadjam slow␣jam woodjam paper␣jam power␣jam Iraq␣al-Ajam phantom␣jam traffic␣jam money␣for␣jam Bukit␣Mertajam Murrumbidgee␣jam

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

maj Maj maj. Maj.

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

JMA maj Maj maj. Maj.

22 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Ajam Ajim ijam i'jam i'jām ijma ijma' Jama JAMA jamb jamo jamp jams JAMs jarm jasm JASM jaum JDAM JMAP Juma Marj

26 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AJ am Am AM 'am Am. A&M a.m. A.M. a.␣m. A.␣M. A.␣&␣M. ja Ja JA -ja Ja. JM ma Ma MA M&A M+A -ma- M.A. MJ

105 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

aam AAM bam Bam BAM cam Cam CAM dam DAM eam EAM fam Fam Fam. gam GAM Gam. ham Ham HAM -ham H.A.M. IAM I␣am jab JAC Jad JAD Jae jag Jag JAG Jah Jai jak Jak 'jak Jal JAL jan Jan Jan. Jao JAO jap Jap JAP Jap. Jaq JAQ jar JAR jas Jas Jas. jat Jat jav JAV jaw Jax jay Jay jaz Jaz JDM Jem jim Jim JMM JRM jum JVM kam KAM lam Lam LAM Lam. mam Mam Nam NAM 'nam 'Nam N.␣Am. pam Pam PAM QAM ram Ram RAM sam Sam SAM Sam. S.␣Am. tam TAM (+4 words)

17 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

am Am AM 'am Am. A&M a.m. A.M. a.␣m. A.␣M. A.␣&␣M. ja Ja JA -ja Ja. JM

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

jarm jasm JASM jaum JDAM

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