jams
Improvised music sessions
Jams is the plural of jam—fruit preserves made by cooking fruit with sugar until thick.
You might have several jams in your refrigerator: strawberry, apricot, and fig jams.
Jams also refers to difficult situations or traffic congestion: We've been in some real jams before.
In music, jams are informal improvisational sessions: The band's late-night jams became legendary.
Complete mutual obstruction
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- tailbackCongested vehicle queue
- snarl-upTangled traffic situation
standstill · backup · logjam · chokepoint · rush-hour · commute · highway · freeway
Citrus preserve with peel
- jellyFruit spread, no seeds
- conservesProtects from depletion
- pectinFruit-based setting substance
- canningAirtight food preservation
jar · homemade · strawberry · raspberry · apricot · blackberry · peach · fig
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- soloPerformance by one
bassline · funk · jazz · blues · band · guitar · drums · freeform
Fixed tightly between surfaces
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
- lodgedFixed firmly within
- stuckUnable to move
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
clogged · frozen · immovable · caught · locked · binding · stiff · unyielding
gridlock
Complete mutual obstruction
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- tailbackCongested vehicle queue
snarl-up · standstill · backup · logjam · chokepoint · rush-hour · commute · highway · freeway · roadwork
marmalade
Citrus preserve with peel
canning · jar · homemade · strawberry · raspberry · apricot · blackberry · peach · fig · grape
improvisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
solo · bassline · funk · jazz · blues · band · guitar · drums · freeform · live
wedged
Fixed tightly between surfaces
blocked · clogged · frozen · immovable · caught · locked · binding · stiff · unyielding · obstructed
fix
Repair or solution
mess · difficulty · trouble · dilemma · quandary · pinch · corner · hole · squeeze · crunch
dunks
Forceful basket scores
alley-oop · posterize · tomahawk · windmill · reverse · one-handed · two-handed · breakaway · fastbreak · highlight
- general storecounter, cash register, ledger, cracker barrel, checkerboard
- homemakingcooking, cleaning, laundry, recipes, baking
- lardercured meats, ham, bacon, salt pork, sausage
- ____ up (phrasal verbs)backs, saves, stores, copies, clogs
- factory problemsdefects, breakdowns, downtime, bottlenecks, delays
- folk food termscomfort food, soul food, home cooking, peasant food, rustic bread
- traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles
- paper jamStuck sheet in printer
- strawberry jamPreserved red fruit spread
- jam sessionInformal improvisational music gathering
- in a jamFacing difficult circumstances
- jammed outPlayed music energetically
jam, jammed, jamming, jammer, doorjamb, unjam, jammers, unjammed, unjamming