Jube

//dʒuːb// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of gelatine-based confection; its ingredients and consistency vary between countries.

    "As the scum forms on the top remove it, or the jubes will not be clear."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of jubé (“rood screen”) alt-of, alternative, error-lua-exec

    "In the middle of the nave was erected a magnificent jube, where the throne of Charles X. was placed."

  3. 3
    An open drainage channel of a type common in Tehran.

    "The seasons in Tehran are colored with torpor.[…]Fear the narrow, icy streets with their treacherous jubes on either side."

Etymology

From jujube, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon).

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