Tripe

[traɪp]

Definition

(noun.) lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food.

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Definition

(n.) The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

(n.) The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.

Editor: Rosanne

Definition

n. entrails: parts of the compound stomach of a ruminant esp. of sheep or horned cattle prepared as food—the parts used being the paunch or rumen (yielding plain tripe) and the smaller reticulum (yielding honeycomb tripe).—ns. Tripe′man one who prepares tripe or who hawks it about; Trī′pery a place for the preparation or sale of tripe.—Tripe de Roche a name originally given to various species of lichens of the genera Gyrophora and Umbilicaria nutritious though bitter nauseous and purgative.

Checker: Rita