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The Meaning of jam
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(n.) A kind of frock for children.
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(n.) See Jamb.
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(v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
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(v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
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(v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
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(n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
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(n.) An injury caused by jamming.
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(n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
Synonyms
muddle
,
press
,
jamming
,
hole
,
electronic jamming
,
kettle of fish
,
crush
,
pickle
,
fix
,
mess
,
tidy sum
,
smother
,
peck
,
mint
,
plenty
,
lot
,
location
,
locating
,
localisation
,
raft
,
quite a little
,
passel
,
mare's nest
,
pile
,
muckle
,
fixture
,
mend
,
golf hole
,
good deal
,
maw
,
fixing
,
mending
,
sight
,
gob
,
trap
,
deal
,
flock
,
stack
,
fuddle
,
wad
,
messiness
,
hatful
,
mickle
,
hollow
,
heap
,
great deal
,
repair
,
clutter
,
mess hall
,
mass
,
batch
,
yap
,
mountain
,
welter
,
spate
,
mussiness
,
slew
,
localization
,
jumble
,
cakehole
,
muss
,
reparation
,
pot
,
pressing
,
insistency
,
puppy love
,
military press
,
closet
,
calf love
,
imperativeness
,
infatuation
,
public press
,
mechanical press
,
wardrobe
,
pressure
,
compaction
,
insistence
,
printing press
,
crunch
,
crushed leather
,
mob
,
ram
,
backpack
,
jampack
,
pack
,
obstruct
,
take
,
tamp
,
block
,
occlude
,
load down
,
impede
,
tamp down
,
bundle
,
chock up
,
throng
,
carry
,
obturate
,
cram
,
close up
,
compact
,
vanquish
,
squelch
,
oppress
,
demolish
,
beat
,
smash
,
mash
,
break down
,
squeeze
,
trounce
,
suppress
,
squash
,
beat out
,
shell
,
immobilize
,
block up
,
lug
,
halt
,
block off
,
blank out
,
freeze
,
deflect
,
parry
,
stop
,
embarrass
,
kibosh
,
draw a blank
,
hinder
,
forget
,
stuff
,
stymy
,
blockade
,
immobilise
,
bar
,
barricade
,
choke up
,
stymie
,
crash
,
get up
,
swot
,
bone
,
force
,
drive
,
swot up
,
grind away
,
ram down
,
mug up
,
bone up
,
pound
,
drum
,
close
,
button up
,
fold
,
shut up
,
clam up
,
be quiet
,
dummy up
,
keep mum
,
shut down
,
belt up
,
close down
,
concourse
,
crowd
,
host
,
multitude
Homophones
jamb
Rhymes
abraham
,
abram
,
alam
,
am
,
amsterdam
,
anagram
,
bahm
,
bam
,
bartram
,
bellingham
,
birmingham
,
bram
,
buckingham
,
burcham
,
cablegram
,
cam
,
camm
,
centigram
,
cham
,
clam
,
cram
,
cunningham
,
dagenham
,
dahm
,
dam
,
damm
,
damme
,
damn
,
diagram
,
diaphragm
,
dirlam
,
dithyramb
,
dram
,
durham
,
electrocardiogram
,
engram
,
epigram
,
exam
,
flam
,
flamm
,
flimflam
,
frahm
,
fram
,
framingham
,
gahm
,
gamm
,
goddam
,
goddamn
,
graeme
,
graham
,
gram
,
gramme
,
hahm
,
ham
,
hamm
,
hamme
,
histogram
,
hologram
,
inghram
,
jamb
,
kam
,
kamm
,
kilogram
,
klamm
,
kram
,
kvam
,
kvamme
,
lahm
,
lam
,
lamb
,
lambe
,
lamm
,
lamme
,
logjam
,
logogram
,
madame
,
mcclam
,
mcham
,
mclamb
,
microgram
,
milligram
,
mme
,
monogram
,
nahm
,
nam
,
nottingham
,
pam
,
panam
,
polygram
,
potsdam
,
priam
,
program
,
programme
,
quamme
,
rahm
,
ram
,
ramm
,
reprogram
,
rockingham
,
rotterdam
,
sahm
,
sam
,
scam
,
schram
,
schramm
,
scram
,
sham
,
siam
,
slam
,
sonogram
,
spam
,
sram
,
stam
,
stamm
,
stram
,
swam
,
t-lam
,
tam
,
tamm
,
telegram
,
tham
,
tottenham
,
tram
,
vandam
,
vandamme
,
wham
,
wolfram
,
yam