Offal
['ɒf(ə)l] or ['ɔfl]
Definition
(noun.) viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
Edited by Jacqueline--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
(n.) A dead body; carrion.
(n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Garbage.[2]. Waste, refuse, rubbish.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CREAM]
Checker: Lowell
Definition
n. waste meat: the part of an animal which is unfit for use: refuse: anything worthless.
Editor: Mary
Examples
- It stinks of the offal you feed on, you scavenger dog, you eater of corpses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Thus, in every farm, the offals of the barn and stable will maintain a certain number of poultry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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