to gel
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4.1
- verb
- /dʒɛl/
- Specialized
:
cuajar
- As the solution cools, it will gel into a semi-solid form suitable for spreading.
Examples
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Stir until it gels.
Fiction book (1992) -
And then it gels in the refrigerator and you flip it onto a plate.
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Instead, it starts to gel.
Blog text (5) -
This is how you actually gel the calcium alginate.
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It gels all by itself.
Blog text (4) -
The question I have is, does it make any difference if I pour it into my detergent containers while it is still warm (before the gel process), or do I need to let it set overnight and gel first?
Blog text (18) -
I mix the detergent in a recycled kitty litter container; once it gels, I pour it into milk jugs, 2-liter soda bottles, or whatever you have.
Blog text (18) -
When heated, the mixture will gel and become a thick consistency.
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To make the dessert, allow the mixture to cool until it begins to gel in the fridge.
Synonyms
125
3.8
To become firm, often by cooling
11
6.6
To become thick and semi-solid like jelly when it cools
2
5.8
Change into a thick, firm jelly when it cools
1
7.6
To make something turn soft and jelly-like when heated
To turn into a thick soft mass that holds its shape
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.8
A dry material of small grains that soaks up moisture from things like shoes
- Specialized
A soft, jelly-like substance with tiny particles mixed in that trap liquid
How Solid
Surface Forms
Etymology
To gel (to become a gel) comes from the idea of 'freezing' or 'setting', the same root as gelatin. So when something gels it changes from a liquid into a thicker, jelly-like form.