gel¹ /jel/

1. A jelly-like apparently solid colloidal solution
2. (also hair gel) such a substance used to style hair or fix it in place
3. A transparent substance, or a sheet of this, used in theatre and photographic lighting to produce light of different colours (short for gelatine)
4. An inert matrix in which molecules can be separated by electrophoresis

1. To form a gel
2. To use gel to style hair
3. (also jell) to come together, begin to work, take shape (informal)

To style using gel

gelāˈtion noun see separate entry

gel² /gel/

A facetious rendering of an upper-class pronunciation of girl

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