"jell" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɛl/ Audio: En-us-gel.ogg Forms: jells [plural]
enPR: jĕl Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: A back-formation of jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|jelly|nocap=1}} back-formation of jelly Head templates: {{en-noun}} jell (plural jells)
  1. a jelly or gel
    Sense id: en-jell-en-noun-5ybW1Ml-

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒɛl/ Audio: En-us-gel.ogg Forms: jells [present, singular, third-person], jelling [participle, present], jelled [participle, past], jelled [past]
enPR: jĕl Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: A back-formation of jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|jelly|nocap=1}} back-formation of jelly Head templates: {{en-verb}} jell (third-person singular simple present jells, present participle jelling, simple past and past participle jelled)
  1. To gel Derived forms: jell out Translations (to gel): желирам (želiram) (Bulgarian), gelificarse (Spanish), cuajar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-jell-en-verb-9r0EFmm2 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 71

Inflected forms

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