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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gel /dʒɛl/USA pronunciation n., v., gelled, gel•ling. n. - Chemistrya partly solid, partly liquid substance, as jelly or glue, sometimes used in hair styling: [uncountable]using gel to style her hair.[countable]There are a number of gels on the market.
v. [no object] - Chemistryto form or become a gel.
- jell (def. 2).:Most of my ideas need time to gel.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gel ( jel),USA pronunciation n., v., gelled, gel•ling. n. - [Physical Chem.]a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Show Business[Theat.]gelatin (def. 5).
- Biochemistrya semirigid polymer, as agarose, starch, cellulose acetate, or polyacrylamide, cast into slabs or cylinders for the electrophoretic separation of proteins and nucleic acids.
v.i. - to form or become a gel.
- jell (def. 2).
- shortening of gelatin 1895–1900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gel /dʒɛl/ n - a semirigid jelly-like colloid in which a liquid is dispersed in a solid: nondrip paint is a gel
- See hair gel
vb (gels, gelling, gelled)- to become or cause to become a gel
- a variant spelling of jell
Etymology: 19th Century: by shortening from gelatine |