Explore Congeal through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like jell or set. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Congeal meaning
- To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
- To make rigid or immobile.
Using Congeal
- The main meaning on this page is: To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage. | To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly. | To make rigid or immobile.
- Useful related words include: jell, set, solidify.
Context around Congeal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Congeal
- In this selection, "congeal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, story, gels and creating stand out and add context to how "congeal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include began to congeal creating even and resulting gels congeal more quickly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "congeal" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with congeal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As we sat and talked, the coconut oil began to congeal, creating even more of a horror. (17 words)
Oils derived from sunflowers or corn, meanwhile, typically contain higher amounts of polyunsaturated fats which only congeal at very low temperatures. (21 words)
Hats off to co-directors Christina Coakley and Jennifer Hopkins, who made the story congeal for me with the clever addition of a simple prop—one I’d never seen in before. (32 words)
Hats off to co-directors Christina Coakley and Jennifer Hopkins, who made the story congeal for me with the clever addition of a simple prop—one I’d never seen in before. (32 words)
Compared to gelatin, agar preparations require a higher dissolving temperature, but the resulting gels congeal more quickly and remain solid at higher temperatures, convert, citation as opposed to convert citation for gelatin. (32 words)
Oils derived from sunflowers or corn, meanwhile, typically contain higher amounts of polyunsaturated fats which only congeal at very low temperatures. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
As we sat and talked, the coconut oil began to congeal, creating even more of a horror.
Hats off to co-directors Christina Coakley and Jennifer Hopkins, who made the story congeal for me with the clever addition of a simple prop—one I’d never seen in before.
Oils derived from sunflowers or corn, meanwhile, typically contain higher amounts of polyunsaturated fats which only congeal at very low temperatures.
Compared to gelatin, agar preparations require a higher dissolving temperature, but the resulting gels congeal more quickly and remain solid at higher temperatures, convert, citation as opposed to convert citation for gelatin.