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Jube
//dʒuːb// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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 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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