gelatinize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make gelatinous.
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to coat with gelatin, as paper.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to make or become gelatinous
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(tr) photog to coat (glass, paper, etc) with gelatine
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Origin of gelatinize
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It is full of starches that gelatinize and lend a thick, creamy texture.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2022
The latest trend on health TikTok is homemade gelatin gummies, which greatly resemble the gelatinized cockroach protein bars eaten by the Tailies in "Snowpiercer."
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
The kits come with reheating instructions, but the real key is that every protein includes a generous amount of drippings from the smoker, plus a small portion of gelatinized fat.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2020
We thought it might be something that had once been turkey but gelatinized into something an astronaut might take to the moon.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2017
The story begins with the democratization of gelatinized desserts in the early 1900s.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2012
In many species their walls become gelatinized, covering the outside of the pileus with a viscid, slimy, or glutinous layer, often called pellicle.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
Some of the cheaper preparations offered for sale are merely boiled starch or flour, mixed with nitric acid to prevent their gelatinizing.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Joseph Triemens
On contact with the guncotton a jelly is formed which stiffens as the evaporation of the gelatinizing agent proceeds, and finally hardens when the evaporation is complete.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
This vegetable jelly, or pectin, so named from its singular property of gelatinizing, is considered by some as another form of gum or mucilage, combined with vegetable acid.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
It is important that the jelly maker should understand when this gelatinizing agent is at its best.
From Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 203 by Maria Parloa
No fumbling in the base; no gelatinizing in the treble.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade
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