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Jello
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jello jellõ Jell-O
English
gelatin dessert
Alternative forms
en Jell-O
en jello
Etymology
From the brand name Jell-O.
Noun
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A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water.
en 1968 w:Ronald Sukenick Up 26 1998 1573660450 And the food! I mean, I'm not fussy, but couldn't they think of anything better than this toothpaste? A little Jello or something, a nice can of soup.
1977, Florence King, WASP, Where is Thy Sting?, excerpt, in The Florence King Reader, 1996 St. Martin's Press ed., 0312143370, page 25,
Alex Portnoy thought his mother had magical powers because she could suspend fruit in mid-Jello.
en 1984 William Martin Nerve Endings Crown 0517550881 28 "I never eat Jello. I never eat anything that moves on the spoon."
Translations
A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water
Finnish: fi hyytelö