gelato

Italian gelato with two tower-shaped biscuits

Meaning

Noun

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavouring. The ingredients are supercool while stir to break up ice crystals as they form.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian gelato ("ice cream"), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- ("cold").

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