jello
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jello
Genericized spelling of trademarked Jell-O
Example Sentences
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But your homemade meals don’t have to resemble a frozen TV dinner, with its segmented tray of meat, an amorphous sauce, a scoop of peas or rice and a mysterious, saccharine lump of... jello?
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025
The straight lines in the frame still looked straight and did not succumb to much rolling shutter jello effect.
From The Verge • Sep. 9, 2022
On one folding table, volunteers had laid out homemade treats, including jello squares, salted nuts, and oatmeal cookies made with M&M’s.
From The New Yorker • May 1, 2019
As far as kid-approved sides go, it was right up there with Grandma’s pineapple-strawberry jello mold, which somehow passed for fruit and was inexplicably laid out alongside the turkey instead of the pumpkin pie.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2018
Or that a bowl of jello would be in the refrigerator when she got home.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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