Meanings
alternative jello · alternative Jello · alternative Jell-o · alternative JELL-O
- broadlygenericized trademarkAny brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix.
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The store brand Jell-O is just as good and one third the price.
Synonyms: jelly
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAny brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix.
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nounfruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
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Origin
- Latingelō“to freeze, cause to congeal”
- EnglishJell-O
Trademarked by Pearle Bixby Wait and named by his wife, May Wait. Clipping of gelatin and jelly, both ultimately from Latin gelō (“to freeze, cause to congeal”), following a then relatively popular trend in the United States to add “O” to the end of products, which according to The Dictionary of Trade Names Origins started because the letter is pleasing to the eye. By surface analysis, jell (“jelly”) + -o.
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Jell-O. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jell-O
“Jell-O.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jell-O. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jell-O,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jell-O.
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