gelatin
noun/ˈdʒelətɪn/
/ˈdʒelətɪn/
(also gelatine
[uncountable]/ˈdʒelətiːn/
/ˈdʒelətiːn/
)- a clear substance without any taste that is made from boiling animal bones and is used to make jelly, film for cameras, etc.Topics Cooking and eatingc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from Latin gelata ‘frozen’, from gelare ‘freeze’, from gelu ‘frost’.
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