gel

1. 1.

   become a gel

   “The solid, when heated, gelled”

   Broaderchange
2. 2.

   apply a styling gel to

   “she mousses her hair”

   Synonymsmousse

   Broadergroom

Other forms of gel

plural

gels·

past tense or participle

gelled

present participle

gelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gel

What does gel mean?

gel means "a colloid in a more solid form than a sol". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gel?

gel has 1 syllable: gel. In IPA it is /ˈdʒɛl/.

What is another word for gel?

Close synonyms include colloidal gel, hair gel, gelatin, mousse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gel a common word?

gel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with gel?

1 word rhymes with gel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.