Gelato
//d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ// noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. uncountable, usually
"Now the area has been remade in their image. Every other storefront seems to be a coffee shop, a gelato shop, or a med spa."
Example
More examples"The American tourist insisted on gelato, for he was too hipstery for regular ice cream."
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
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