Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless or slightly yellow, transparent, brittle protein formed by boiling the specially prepared skin, bones, and connective tissue of animals and used in foods, drugs, and photographic film.
- noun Any of various similar substances.
- noun A jelly made with gelatin, used as a dessert or salad base.
- noun A thin sheet made of colored gelatin used in theatrical lighting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A concrete animal substance, transparent, hard, and tasteless, which swells without solution in cold water, dissolves in warm water and in acetic acid, and is insoluble in alcohol or ether.
- noun Also called
gum-dynamite . - Like gelatin; gelatinous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.
- noun an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion.
- noun (Photog.), (Print.), (Print. or Copying) A method of producing facsimile copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken upon ordinary paper.
- noun See
Gliadin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
protein derived through partialhydrolysis of thecollagen extracted fromanimal skin ,bones ,cartilage ,ligaments , etc. - noun an
edible jelly made from this material - noun a thin,
translucent membrane used as afilter for photography or fortheatrical lighting effects
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
- noun a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin
- noun an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The unwound, separate chains are what we call gelatin.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The unwound, separate chains are what we call gelatin.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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I do a cast of my face and recreate it in gelatin and it is boring and ho-hum.
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The reason that marshmallows usually use gelatin is to give them some firmness, allowing them to be sliced and packaged in pieces.
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At cafeterias, you complain that the gelatin is too tough.
You Know You’re Over The Hill When… « You Got to be Kidding's Blog 2009
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I do a cast of my face and recreate it in gelatin and it is boring and ho-hum.
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The reason that marshmallows usually use gelatin is to give them some firmness, allowing them to be sliced and packaged in pieces.
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I do a cast of my face and recreate it in gelatin and it is boring and ho-hum.
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The reason that marshmallows usually use gelatin is to give them some firmness, allowing them to be sliced and packaged in pieces.
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I do a cast of my face and recreate it in gelatin and it is boring and ho-hum.
thesaraheffect commented on the word gelatin
I like the lime flavored glutinous bone and skin protein the best!
September 16, 2009