Gelatin Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒɛlətɪn/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.
nounAn edible jelly made from this material.
Sentence Examples
Hippogriff hooves make the finest gelatin.
I make panna cotta without using gelatin.
Most gummy bears are not vegan, because they contain animal gelatin.
CEFR Practice Quiz
To make the dessert set, she dissolved ____ in hot water and then chilled it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The dessert was made with ____, which gave it a firm but wobbly texture that children always love.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelō (“to freeze”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For both images I placed a Kodak 4.0 neutral-density gelatin filter over the lens to reduce the Sun's brightness."
— 2010 April, Frank Zullo, “Imaging Prehistoric Sunrises”, in Astronomy, volume 38, number 4, page 50:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To make the dessert set, she dissolved ____ in hot water and then chilled it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The dessert was made with ____, which gave it a firm but wobbly texture that children always love.