gelée

noun

ge·lée zhə-ˈlā

: a cosmetic gel

gelée skin cleansers

: a jellied food : an edible jelly

peach gelée

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Reception-style dishes include wild mushroom and pecorino roulade, sea scallop ceviche with gooseberries, Pyramid goat cheese crisp with quince and hazelnut, and Kusshi oyster with Osetra caviar and yuzu gelee. — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 20 Dec. 2019 The menu, right through a dessert of walnut ice cream paired with yogurt mousse and honey gelee, seems flawless. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019 Flavors by the slice include the three above, plus Framboise au Chocolat with chocolate mousse, raspberry compote, chocolate sponge, ganache and raspberry gelee. — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2019 The aforementioned caviar course on this menu and comes with shrimp tartare and lobster gelee, among other things. — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 6 June 2019 See All Example Sentences for gelée

Word History

Etymology

French, jelly, from Middle French — more at jelly

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of gelée was in 1966

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