gelatin
or gel·a·tine
[jel-uh-tn]
- a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- any of various similar substances, as vegetable gelatin.
- a preparation or product in which such an animal or vegetable substance is the essential constituent.
- an edible jelly made of this substance.
- Also called gelatin slide. Theater. a thin sheet made of translucent gelatin colored with an aniline dye, placed over stage lights, and used as a color medium in obtaining lighting effects.
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Origin of gelatin
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Contemporary Examples
After all, the brain is as soft as gelatin, and the body can only do so much to protect it.
Meanwhile, bloom five sheets of gelatin in a bowl of warm water.
He heated some oil, stirred in a few sheets of gelatin, let the mixture cool in a baking dish and then sliced it into squares.
Make the soaking syrup by mixing the coffee, sugar, and gelatin with a wire whisk.
Reduce the heat again, this time to low, and add the gelatin.
Historical Examples
Medicinal substances may be incorporated with the gelatin mixture.
Essentials of Diseases of the SkinHenry Weightman Stelwagon
Add the cold water to the gelatin, and let it stand for five minutes.
A Thousand Ways to Please a HusbandLouise Bennett Weaver
We had tombstone for dessert (milk and gelatin flavored with vanilla).
Daddy Long-LegsJean Webster
From the bone and also from the connective tissue, gelatin is dissolved in cooking.
Foods and Household ManagementHelen Kinne
Tablets of gelatin are impregnated with sulphate of atropia, as above.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
Word Origin and History for gelatin
n.
see gelatine.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
gelatin
- A derived protein formed by boiling collagen of animal tissues.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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gelatin
[jĕl′ə-tn]
- An odorless, colorless protein substance obtained by boiling a mixture of water and the skin, bones, and tendons of animals. The preparation forms a gel when allowed to cool. It is used in foods, drugs, glue, and film.
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