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jam

/dʒam/

US pronunciation
American sound/dʒam/
jam
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1 syllable
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One strong syllable
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US voice -> jam

Myanmar meaning

(n) ယို။ (adj) ယိုသုတ်ထားသောပေါင်မုန့် (v) ညပ်သပ်သည်။ ကျပ်သိပ်နေအောင်စုပြုံသည်။ကျပ်ညပ်နေသည်။ တင်းတင်းကျပ်ကျပ် ညှစ်သည်၊ဖိသည်၊သပ်ပင်းသည်။ (အသံလွှင့်ဌာနတစ်ခုက )အခြားအသံလွှင့်ဌာနတစ်ခု၏လှိုင်းနှုန်းအတိုင်းထုတ်လွှင့်၍ယင်းလွှင့်ချက်ကို ဟန့်တားသည်။

Full entry

jam1 / dʒæm / n [U,C]

ယို။ He spread some strawberry jam on his toast. ❍ recipes for jams and preserves.
❏ jammy / 'dʒæmi / adj (infml )
၁။ ယိုပေကျံနေသော။ Don't wipe your jammy fingers on the tablecloth.
၂။ (Brit infml ) စိုင်ကော်၍ ချုံပေါ်ရောက်သော။ You jammy so-and-so!
❏ jam tomorrow [IDM ] အကောင်အထည် မပေါ်တတ်သော ကတိ၊ မျှော်လင့်ချက်။

jam2 /dʒæm / v (-mm- )

၁။ ~ sb/ sth in , into , under , between , etc sth (esp passive) ညပ်သပ်သည်။ sitting on a bus, jammed between two fat men ❍ Over 500 people were jammed into the hall. ❍ Don't park there __ you'll probably get jammed in.
၂။ သွတ်သည်။ ထိုးသွင်းသည်။ jam one's hat on ❍ He jammed his key into the lock.
၃။ ~ sth (with sth) ပြွတ်သိပ်သည်။ ပြည့်ကျပ်သည်။ Weekend traffic jammed (up) the roads out of town. ❍ The BBC switchboard was jammed with complaints. ❍ The terminal was jammed full of people and their luggage.
၄။ ညပ်သည်။ ကျပ်သည်။ The lock jammed. ❍ The door was jammed open. ❍ There's something jamming (up) the photocopier.
၅။ (broadcasting ) (ရေဒီယို အသံ လွှင့်ချက်ကို) တန်ပြန်လွှင့်၍ ဖျက်သည်။ jam foreign radio stations.
n
၁။ ယာဉ်သွားယာဉ်လာပြည့်ကျပ်၍ လမ်းပိတ်ခြင်း။ a traffic jam ❍ be stuck in a jam on the M25.
၂။ (infml ) အကျပ်အတည်း။ be in/ get into a jam.
၃။ (စက်) ညပ်ခြင်း။ (လုပ်ငန်းလည်ပတ်မှု) တန့်ခြင်း။ a paper jam in the photocopier ❍ a jam in the dispatch department.
❏ jam sth on [PHRV ] (infml ) (မော်တော်ကား ဘရိတ်ကို) ဆောင့်နင်းသည်။ A child ran into the road and she jammed on the brakes.
❏ jam session n ဂျတ္ဇ်တီးဝိုင်းဖြင့် ဇာတ်မတိုက်ဘဲ အလွတ် တီးမှုတ်ခြင်း။

More examples
  • Strawberry jam
  • A jar of jam
  • A jam tart
  • A paper jam in the printer
Synonyms
squash, squeeze, stuff, pack, ram, shove, push, wedge, press, crush, bear, bind, block, bottleneck, box, bung up, cease, clog, congest, corner, cram, crowd, difficulty, dilemma, elbow, fill, fill up, fix, force, gridlock, grind to a halt, halt, hole, hot water, jam-pack, jostle, logjam, mess, obstruct, pickle, plight, predicament, problem, quandary, queue, roadblock, scrape, seize, seize up, spot, squish, stall, stick, stop, strait, tailback, tamp, throng, traffic jam, trouble, troublesome situation, wad
Antonyms
advantage, allow, benefit, blessing, boon, clear, contentment, continue, ease, free, good fortune, help, let go, loosen, open, peace, pleasure, pull, refuse, release, solution, success, surrender, unblock, uncompress, unfasten, untie, yield
Cross references
squashsqueezestuffpackramshovepushwedgepresscrushbearbindblockbottleneckboxbung upceaseclogcongestcornercramcrowddifficultydilemmaelbowfillfill upfix
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