Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To convert to gelatin or jelly.
- intransitive verb To coat with gelatin.
- intransitive verb To become gelatinous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To coat with gelatin: as, gelatinized paper.
- Same as
gelatinate . Also spelledgelatinise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Same as
gelatinate , v. i. - transitive verb To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as
gelatinate , v. t. - transitive verb (Photog.) To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to cause to become
gelatinous . - verb to become gelatinous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become gelatinous or change into a jelly
- verb coat with gelatin
- verb convert into gelatinous form or jelly
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Examples
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Once inside, a "lengthy build-up of heat allows the flour to gelatinize … therefore a baking process is taking place," Aldi S ü d added.
Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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Between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening, the computers “gelatinize” the assignments for the next day — make them firm enough to tell passengers exactly when to show up at the airports, but still pliable enough that pilots and planes might be reassigned if last-minute requests come in.
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Between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening, the computers “gelatinize” the assignments for the next day — make them firm enough to tell passengers exactly when to show up at the airports, but still pliable enough that pilots and planes might be reassigned if last-minute requests come in.
Taxis in the Sky 2008
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Between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening, the computers “gelatinize” the assignments for the next day — make them firm enough to tell passengers exactly when to show up at the airports, but still pliable enough that pilots and planes might be reassigned if last-minute requests come in.
Taxis in the Sky 2008
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And the starches, when they reach about 180 degrees, gelatinize.
Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008
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And the starches, when they reach about 180 degrees, gelatinize.
Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008
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And the starches, when they reach about 180 degrees, gelatinize.
Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008
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But somehow, we Yanks always have time to gelatinize before the soothing glow of our favorite guilty pleasure.
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Boil wild rice in 1.5 quarts of water to gelatinize starches.
SECRETS FROM THE MASTER BREWERS PATRICK HIGGINS 1998
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He steeps equal parts oatmeal and pale malt at 132 degrees for an hour, then brings the mixture almost to a boil, so that the oatmeal begins to gelatinize.
SECRETS FROM THE MASTER BREWERS PATRICK HIGGINS 1998
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