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jello
/ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/
noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
fat, firm, little
VERB + JELLO
decided, eat, made, put, wants
JELLO + NOUN
refrigerator, something
PREP.
in, in, up
Definitions
noun
1
A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.
Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.
noun
1
A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water.
And the food! I mean, I'm not fussy, but couldn't they think of anything better than this toothpaste? A little Jello or something, a nice can of soup.
1977, Florence King, WASP, Where is Thy Sting?, excerpt, in The Florence King Reader, 1996 St. Martin's Press ed., →ISBN, page 25, Alex Portnoy thought his mother had magical powers because she could suspend fruit in mid-Jello.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a comme
- jell-o
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.
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Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.
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She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.
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And the food! I mean, I'm not fussy, but couldn't they think of anything better than this toothpaste? A little Jello or something, a nice can of soup.
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1977, Florence King, WASP, Where is Thy Sting?, excerpt, in The Florence King Reader, 1996 St. Martin's Press ed., →ISBN, page 25, Alex Portnoy thought his mother had magical powers because she could
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"I never eat Jello. I never eat anything that moves on the spoon."
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