congealed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Solidified from a liquid or soft state, especially by cooling or freezing: Describes a substance that has changed from a liquid or semi-liquid state to a solid or semi-solid state, typically as a result of cooling or losing heat.
- Having become thick, stiff, or coagulated: Refers to something that has lost its fluidity and become viscous, firm, or jelly-like.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The gravy was left out too long and became congealed.
- They served a congealed salad made with fruit juice and gelatin.
- The congealed fat on the plate was unappetizing.
Advanced Usage
- "to become congealed": to undergo the process of congealing.
- The sauce will become congealed if you don't keep it warm.
- "congealed blood": blood that has clotted and solidified.
- The detective examined the spot of congealed blood on the floor.
Variants and Related Words
- Congeal (verb): to change from a liquid or soft state to a solid or thicker state, typically by cooling or coagulation.
- The cold air caused the water to congeal into ice.
- Congelation (noun): the process of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
- The congelation of the liquid was rapid in the freezer.
Synonyms
- Coagulated: (especially of a fluid) changed to a solid or semi-solid state.
- Clotted: formed into a thick mass or lump.
- Jellied: set into a jelly-like consistency.
- Solidified: made solid or hard.
Antonyms
- Liquid: in a fluid state, not solid.
- Melted: made liquid by heat.
- Fluid: capable of flowing easily.
Related Phrases
- Congealed with fear: (idiomatic) so frightened that one feels frozen or unable to move.
- She stood there, congealed with fear, as the strange noise grew louder.
- Congealed mass: a solid or semi-solid lump formed from something that was once fluid.
- The old paint in the can had turned into a congealed mass.
Adjective
- congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling
- in Georgia they serve congealed salads