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желе — meaning in English

zhele

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English meaning

  • aspic noun A meat or fish jelly.
  • gelatin noun A flavorless protein made by boiling down animal collagen, used to thicken or set foods.
  • jelly noun A soft, semi-solid food made by setting fruit juice or another liquid with gelatin or pectin, often spread on bread or eaten as a dessert.

Senses

желе is used for these senses in English:

  • aspic A meat or fish jelly.
  • gelatin An edible jelly made from this material.
  • jelly (Commonwealth) A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
  • jelly (chiefly, North America) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.

aspic — full definition

  1. noun A meat or fish jelly.
  2. noun A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
  3. noun An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
  4. noun A light cannon firing a two-pound ball.

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