gelato
noun
ge·la·to
jə-ˈlä-(ˌ)tō 
je-
plural gelati
jə-ˈlä-tē
je-
also gelatos
: a soft rich ice cream containing little or no air
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Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Cornetto, Breyer’s, Good Humor, Klondike, its namesake, as well as Talenti gelato.
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Julie Coleman, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Come to think of it, the family ordering gelato is such a wholesome scene.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
In one photo, the family was in a gelato shop, holding ice cream cones and posing together.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The gelateria makes 24 flavors of gelato in-house, including pistachio lemon curd, strawberry rose sorbetto and, for the fall, brown butter pumpkin cheesecake.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Julie Coleman, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Come to think of it, the family ordering gelato is such a wholesome scene.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
In one photo, the family was in a gelato shop, holding ice cream cones and posing together.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The gelateria makes 24 flavors of gelato in-house, including pistachio lemon curd, strawberry rose sorbetto and, for the fall, brown butter pumpkin cheesecake.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gelato
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“Gelato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gelato. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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