jello

See also: Jello, jellõ, and Jell-O

English

Alternative forms

• Jell-O
• Jello

Etymology

Genericization of the brand name Jell-O.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛləʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

jello (usually uncountable, plural jellos)

1. (Canada, US) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
   • 1940, Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Houghton Mifflin, published 2004, →ISBN, page 306:

     The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.

   • 2002, Rich Zubaty, Your Brain Is Not Your Own, →ISBN, page 159:

     Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.

   • 2006, Xana, Harvest Moon, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 178:

     She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.

Synonyms

• jelly (UK, Ireland, Australia)

Derived terms

• jello salad
• jello shooter

 

Translations

dessert made by boiling flavoured gelatin in water — see jelly