Jello

Origin

Genericization of the brand name Jell-O.

Alternative forms

• Jell-O
• Jello

Full definition of jello

Noun

1. A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water
• 1940, Carson McCullers, , 2004 Houghton Mifflin ed., ISBN 0618526412, page 306,The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.
• 2002, Rich Zubaty, Your Brain Is Not Your Own, ISBN 1589391306, page 159,Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.
• 2006, Xana, Harvest Moon, AuthorHouse, ISBN 142593000X, page 178,She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.

Synonyms

• jelly