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JELL-O
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jell-O mean?
• JELL-O (noun)
The noun JELL-O has 1 sense:
1. fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
Familiarity information: JELL-O used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
Jell-O; jello
Hypernyms ("Jell-O" is a kind of...):
gelatin dessert (jellied dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice or water)
hydrocolloid (a substance that forms a gel with water)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
Context examples
Hydrogels are a 3-D water swollen polymer network, similar to Jell-O, simulating the structure of human tissues.
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