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congealed

congealed

5.8
A liquid or soft thing that becomes thick and partly solid as it cools
  • adjective
  • /kənˈdʒild/
translation icon : congelado
  • It is a layer, a thin layer of congealed oil that's sticking to the skin.

It is a layer, a thin layer of congealed oil that's sticking to the skin.

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Examples

  • Imagine that congealed white creamy thick stuff, the bacon grease.

  • After a few hours in the cold, the congealed sauce became too thick to pour.

  • You can you can look at mass like being congealed energy, OK.

  • OK, now we have my personal favorite congealed blood, congealed pork blood.

  • It's like a really thick congealed Bolognese.

  • It's all so bad because you say, well, congealed pork blood is the worst thing that we've eaten.

  • I made a comment on that episode before we ate pork blood, congealed pork blood and like little cube, long cube logs of it.

  • Body hopelessness congealed in mind splitting screams that bloom without purpose.

  • Flickering candles clung everywhere, running dripping wax cascades like icicles congealed beards of wax.

  • The congealed soup had formed a thick layer on the surface after sitting in the fridge overnight.

Synonyms

jellied
vscongealed
1 3.4

Food cooled until it becomes thick and firm like jelly

is the general notion of becoming solid or thicker by cooling
jelled
vscongealed
5.7

Turns into a thick, soft mass when cooled

is the general notion of becoming solid or thicker by cooling
solidified
vscongealed
3.8

It becomes hard when it cools from a liquid or gas

is about becoming thick or solid usually by cooling
coagulate
vscongealed
  • Specialized
7.8

Changed from a liquid into a soft thick lump

is usually caused by cooling rather than chemical reaction
coagulated
vscongealed
  • Specialized
7.0

A liquid that becomes thick or solid

denotes thickening mainly due to cooling not chemical action
curdled
vscongealed
5.3

Turned from a smooth liquid into thick lumps, like sour milk

typically implies thickening by cooling rather than souring
thickened
vscongealed
2.7

Not runny after adding something like flour to a sauce

focuses on solid or set result formed usually by cooling

Antonyms

259 1.0

Flowing and not solid, like water when warm

1.0

To change from a solid into a liquid because of heat, like ice to water

How Solid

frozen
1 1.0
solid
325 1.0
congealed
5.8
thick
585 1.0
runny
34 1.0

Surface Forms

congealed positive

Morphology

congealed = congeal (transparent) = congeal + ed

The adjective is a regular past-participial/adjectival use of the verb 'congeal' formed with '-ed', so the meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Congealed comes from parts meaning con- 'together' and gel 'to freeze', so it originally meant 'freeze together'. That's why congealed describes a liquid or soft thing that has become thick or solid, usually when it cools.