Antonyms for jellylike


Grammar : Adj
Spell : jel-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛl i


Definition of jellylike

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French gelee "a frost; jelly," noun use of fem. past participle of geler "congeal," from Latin gelare "to freeze," from gelu "frost" (see cold (adj.)).
  • As in shaky : adj trembling
  • As in gelatinous : adj coagulated
Example sentences :
  • The egg white begins to coagulate at 134 degrees Fahrenheit, and it becomes white and jellylike at 160 degrees.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • After boiling they show a jellylike, half transparent white, and a reddish yellow, and are exceedingly delicious.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II » by A.E. Nordenskieold
  • Cautiously approaching him, I saw by his dull and jellylike eye that he was dead.
  • Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 » by Charles H. Sylvester
  • The blood is dark in color, fluid, or only clotted into soft, jellylike masses.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • Matter is found in the air tubes which form gutters through the jellylike mass of the diseased lung.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • This consists of two huge masses filled with a jellylike substance, below the spine, and separated by a narrow median septum.
  • Extract from : « Zoology: The Science of Animal Life » by Ernest Ingersoll
  • Shortly after the tadpole wriggles out of the jellylike case and begins life outside the egg.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • This apparently foamy, jellylike, transparent material is the only living substance in all the world.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • If a tender, jellylike consistency is wanted, cook the egg below the boiling point of water.
  • Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne
  • It rippled and rose in the dark with the pulsing beat of the jellylike mass.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 » by Various

Synonyms for jellylike

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