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gelatin dessert

gelatin dessert

1 2.8
A sweet wobbly dessert made by mixing jelly powder with water or juice
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛlətɪn dɪˈzɜːrt/
  • US
translation icon : gelatina
  • At the party, the kids couldn't get enough of the colorful gelatin dessert that wobbled on their plates.

Examples

  • I made a delicious gelatin dessert for the party.

  • For dessert, we enjoyed a refreshing gelatin dessert made with fresh strawberries.

  • For her birthday party, she made a colorful gelatin dessert with layers of fruit.

  • Kids often enjoy eating a wobbly gelatin dessert after lunch.

  • The recipe calls for orange juice as the base for the gelatin dessert.

  • The gelatin desserts at the buffet were colorful.

  • She prepared a lime-flavored gelatin dessert that looked beautiful and tasted delicious.

Synonyms

Jell-O
vsgelatin dessert
46 2.8

A sweet, fruit flavored dessert made from a powder that becomes soft and wobbly

is the generic chilled dessert not limited to a single brand
jelly
vsgelatin dessert
  • UK
39 1.0

A soft wobbly dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice

is a set chilled dessert rather than a semifluid glaze
jello
vsgelatin dessert
  • US
14 1.0

A sweet chilled dessert made from flavored gelatin

is the general chilled dessert made with a gelling agent
gelatin
vsgelatin dessert
  • US
6 2.2

A sweet or savory jelly made from the clear substance that makes food firm

is mainly the sweet chilled dessert rather than a multiuse jelly
gelée
vsgelatin dessert
9.3

A clear sweet jelly made from fruit juice and sugar

is a broader sweet jellied dessert, not only clear fruit-based forms

Surface Forms

gelatin dessert singular
gelatin desserts plural

Morphology

gelatin + dessert

The meaning 'a sweet jellied dessert made with gelatin' is directly derivable from combining 'gelatin' (a gelling substance/jelly) with 'dessert' (the final sweet course). This is a straightforward noun–noun compound that names the type/ingredient of the dessert and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Gelatin dessert comes from old cooking when boiling animal bones made a clear, jelly-like liquid called gelatin, and cooks used that jelly to make a sweet dish or dessert. When the jelly cooled it would 'set' and become wobbly, so the name now means the chilled, jellied sweet you eat.