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
Maybe more importantly though, boiling brings some of the potatoes’ starches—or I should say: “a dehydrated layer of gelatinized starch”—to the surface, so they get even crispier in the oven.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2019
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
In some of the species, they become so gelatinized that they form a homogeneous mass about the asci, in which the individual paraphyses are no longer discernible.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington
They are generally prepared by adding to a warm glue solution some reagent which destroys the property of gelatinizing.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
If the juice ferments, or the cooking of the jelly is continued too long, the pectin undergoes a change and loses its power of gelatinizing.
From Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 203 by Parloa, Maria
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 Parloa, Maria
After once the gelatinizing solvent has been added, all the mechanical operations can be conducted, practically, with perfect safety.
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 Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
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