👉 In the context of chemistry, a substance that is easily dissolved in water and therefore can be used as a solvent. The word "gelable" refers to something that can dissolve in water and thus serves as a solvent or an emulsifier. In other words, it can be used as a solvent for dissolving substances.

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👉 The funniest thing about "gelable" is that its pronunciations are a bit difficult to remember! It sounds like "luge-bee-lay," which means "beehive" in the context of something being very large.

One time, I heard someone say, "You know what's weird? 'gelable' is so easy to get wrong that you can't even tell it from real gel." As for an example sentence using "gelable": "Last week, I went out to dinner and my waiter brought me a gel. It was so weird, it tasted like ice cream but was actually gel."