jell

A back-formation from jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal.

• enPR: jĕl, IPA^(key): /dʒɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: gel, jel

jell (plural jells)

1. a jelly or gel

jell (third-person singular simple present jells, present participle jelling, simple past and past participle jelled)

1. To gel
   • 2008 December 5, Pennisi, Elizabeth, “Hopping to a Better Protein”, in Science‎, DOI:10.1126/science.322.5907.1454, ISSN 0036-8075:

     A lot of things are jelling, says Hoffman.

• (Courland) je'llõ

From Proto-Finnic *elädäk.

jell

1. live