Jam or jam means jelly or preserves-
"... jam tomorrow, and jam yesterday--but never jam today. It's jam every other day..."
We could make jam with the rest of the strawberries.
Jam also means to squeeze into something, or to stuff something tightly--
They all tried to jam into the same phone booth.
Don't try to jam everything into one bag.
Jamb or jamb ( rhymes with jam ) means the side of a doorway or window--the wood to which the door or window is attached--
He leaned against the door jamb and made a face.
The door is stuck because the jamb is crooked. A carpenter can fix it.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"Who got raspberry jam all over the door jamb?"
Note-- "in a jam" is old-fashioned slang meaning to be in some trouble that will be tough to get out of--
Wally and the Beaver were in a jam, and couldn't see a way out of their difficulties.
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