jellifying

Turning to gel

Jellifying is turning something into jelly or a jelly-like substance—making it soft, wobbly, and gelatinous.

The word appears in cooking contexts The stock is jellifying as it cools and figuratively for things losing firmness or structure: My legs were jellifying beneath me.

Also spelled jellying.

process

congeal

Solidify from liquid state

  • solidifyMake or become hard
  • gelWobbly semi-solid substance
  • setArrange in position

coagulate · gelation · gelate · thicken · stiffen · clot · curdle · stabilize · consolidate · setting

texture

gelatinous

Viscous and semisolid

squishy · gooey · viscous · gummy · wiggly · bouncy · springy · slippery · mucilaginous · glutinous

culinary

aspic

Savory meat-broth jelly

  • pectinFruit-based setting substance
  • agar-agarAlgae-based gelling agent
  • gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein

jam-making · marmalade · terrine · glaze · mousse · gummies · jellybeans · gumdrop · blancmange

agents

pectin

Fruit-based setting substance

xanthan · arrowroot · cornstarch · tapioca · collagen · rennet · thickener · stabilizer

Opposites
physical state transformation

jellifyingliquefying

Converting to liquid state

liquifying · melting · dissolving · thinning · fluidizing

structural cohesion

jellifyingdisintegrating

Breaking down gradually

breaking down · dispersing · separating · decomposing · dissolving

Family

jelly, jellyfish, jell, jellied, jellylike, jellying, jellybean, jellify, jellified

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G