Usually means: Semi-solid, jelly-like colloidal substance.
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We found 61 dictionaries that define the word gel:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. gel: Merriam-Webster
  2. gel, gel, gel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gel, gel: Wordnik
  7. gel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gel: Wiktionary
  9. gel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gel: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. gel: Dictionary.com
  13. gel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. gel: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Gel (disambiguation), Gel (song), Gel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. gel: Rhymezone
  17. Gel (nt), gel, gel, gel(ei) (de), gel (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. gel: FreeDictionary.org
  19. gel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. gel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. gel(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. gel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Gel: Health & Beauty Glossary
  2. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  4. gel-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. GEL: bizterms.net
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. gel: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. gel: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. -gel, gel: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. GEL: Acronym Finder
  2. GEL: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Gel: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gel: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. G.E.L, gel: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Gel: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  5. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  6. Gel: Beauty & Health Glossary
  7. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Gel: Fiberglass Glossary
  9. GEL: Industry Terms for Fiberglass
  10. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  11. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  12. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  13. gel: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

(Note: See gelable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
noun:  Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
noun:  A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.
verb:  (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
verb:  (intransitive) To become a gel.
verb:  (intransitive) To develop a rapport.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To come together to form something; to cohere.
noun:  (British, slang) A girl.

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