jam vs jamb :

jam vs jamb

jam or jamb

Jam is a sweet mixture of boiled fruits with sugar and allowed to congeal. It is offer spread on bread or toast or used as jam tarts.

"I need more jam for my toast!"

Jamb is the vertical component that forms the sides of a door frame, window frame, an opening in the wall or a fireplace.



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Definitions

  • n  preserve of crushed fruit
  • n  informal terms for a difficult situation
  • n  a dense crowd of people
  • n  deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
  • v  press tightly together or cram
  • v  push down forcibly
    The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
  • v  crush or bruise
    jam a toe
  • v  interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
  • v  get stuck and immobilized
    the mechanism jammed
  • v  crowd or pack to capacity
    the theater was jampacked
  • v  block passage through

  • n  upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
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    Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey is sidelined indefinitely after breaking his right thumb in an off-the-court accident. The digit was caught in the door jamb of Stuckey's car when the door closed, causing a distal phalanx fracture, the team announced. After an X-ray revealed the injury, the Pistons scheduled Stuckey for surgery on Friday. A timetable for his return is expected to be ...
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