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gel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gel has 2 senses
- gel(n = noun.substance) colloidal gel - a colloid in a more solid form than a sol; Array is a kind of colloid
- gel(n = noun.artifact) gelatin - a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects; Array is a kind of membrane
has particulars: hydrogel
Derived form verb gel1
Verb gel has 2 senses
- gel(v = verb.change) Array - become a gel; "The solid, when heated, gelled" is one way to change
- gel(v = verb.body) mousse - apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" is one way to groom, neaten
Derived form noun gel1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Sample sentence:
They gel their hair
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gel, n. & v.
--n. a semi-solid colloidal suspension or jelly, of a solid dispersed in a liquid.
--v.intr. (gelled, gelling) form a gel.
--n. a semi-solid colloidal suspension or jelly, of a solid dispersed in a liquid.
--v.intr. (gelled, gelling) form a gel.
Derivative
gelation n.
Etymology
abbr. of GELATIN
THESAURUS
gel
albumen, batter, bonnyclabber, butter, cake, clabber, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, concrete, congeal, cornstarch, cream, curd, curdle, dough, egg white, gaum, gelatin, gelatinate, gelatinize, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, incrassate, inspissate, jam, jell, jellify, jelly, knot, loblolly, lopper, lump, molasses, mucilage, mucus, pap, paste, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, rob, semifluid, semiliquid, set, size, soup, starch, sticky mess, syrup, thick, thicken, treacleROGET THESAURUS
gel
Density
VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.
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