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jello

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛləʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛləʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1977, Florence King, WASP, Where is Thy Sting?, excerpt, in The Florence King Reader, 1996 St. Martin's Press ed., →ISBN, page 25, Alex Portnoy thought his mother had magical powers because she could suspend fruit in mid-Jello.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jell-O

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gelatin dessert, hydrocolloid

History

Etymology

Genericized trademark of the brand name Jell-O.

From the brand name Jell-O.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: hyytelö — A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water