jello

noun

1. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually)A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.

   “The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.”

   “Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.”

   “She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.”

   “Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age. […] The tough, bendable fabric combines hydrogels — such as those found in contact lenses or jello – with glass fibers.”

2. (uncountable)A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water.

   “And the food! I mean, I'm not fussy, but couldn't they think of anything better than this toothpaste? A little Jello or something, a nice can of soup.”

   “1977, Florence King, WASP, Where is Thy Sting?, excerpt, in The Florence King Reader, 1996 St. Martin's Press ed., →ISBN, page 25, Alex Portnoy thought his mother had magical powers because she could suspend fruit in mid-Jello.”

   “"I never eat Jello. I never eat anything that moves on the spoon."”