gelatin
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛlətɪn/
- US
- For dessert, we had a bright red jelly made with gelatin and fresh fruit.
- a gelatin mixture
- sprinkle gelatin
- a gelatin dessert
What is going on for me, watching gelatin art being made or Jelly art?
- What is going on for me, watching gelatin art being made or Jelly art?
Examples
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I "brown bag" my lunch every day and will usually include a Jello gelatin snack cup.
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Then you mix gelatin and orange juice and fill the shells with this.
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But if you pop it in your mouth, because it's essentially air and a little bit of gelatin, it just goes away.
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This is a gelatin parfait.
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"Well, Connie was always really creative with gelatin," Bill said.
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But according to the instructions, for dinner the old man has vegetable soup and a bit of gelatin.
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"Mini-meatballs in orange gelatin?" he asked.
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Blueberry and cream cheese dessert, gelatin shapes, and red punch.
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Medford handed over his pan of mini-meatballs in orange and lime gelatin and nodded toward the table.
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Cohen unplugged the phone from the wall and then began chopping the celery for the strawberry gelatin mold he planned for dessert.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
A sweet, fruit flavored dessert made from a powder that becomes soft and wobbly
A soft wobbly dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice
A sweet chilled dessert made from flavored gelatin
A sweet wobbly dessert made by mixing jelly powder with water or juice
Compounds
- Specialized
An explosive made from chemicals used to break rock in mines and to destroy buildings
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Etymology
Gelatin in food also comes from the Latin gelare 'to freeze', because it makes liquids turn into a firm 'jelly' you can cut. So gelatin is used to make desserts and to give foods a set texture.