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noun
- 1. the entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food: "eating pieces of braised offal turned his stomach"
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The meaning of OFFAL is the waste or by-product of a process. How to use offal in a sentence. Did you know?
Offal (/ ˈ ɒ f əl, ˈ ɔː f əl /), also called variety meats, pluck or organ meats, is the internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of edible organs, and these lists of organs vary with culture and region, but usually exclude skeletal muscle.
OFFAL definition: 1. the organs inside an animal, such as the brain, the heart, and the liver, eaten as food 2. the…. Learn more.
OFFAL meaning: 1. the organs inside an animal, such as the brain, the heart, and the liver, eaten as food 2. the…. Learn more.
What does the word offal mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word offal, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the word offal? How is the word offal pronounced? Where does the word offal come from?
The word offal comes from a combination of the words off and fall with the idea that anything that's considered offal has "fallen off" the butcher's block. Some people use these entrails and internal organs as food, although offal is also another name for “rubbish.”
Offal is the internal organs of animals, for example their hearts and livers, when they are cooked and eaten. 3 meanings: 1. the edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart, liver, and tongue 2. dead or decomposing organic.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of offal noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Waste material or byproducts from a manufacturing process. 2. Meat, including internal organs (such as liver, heart, or kidney) and extremities (such as tail or hooves), that has been taken from a part other than skeletal muscles. Also called variety meat. 3. Refuse; rubbish.
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