Gristle

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  • noun. Cartilage, especially when present in meat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The popular name of cartilage. See cartilage.
  • noun. Hence Something young and unformed.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Cartilage. See cartilage.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Cartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
  • noun. Bone not yet hardened by age and hard work.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
    • cross-reference
    in the gristle  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    animal tissue  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Adam's apple  arytaenoid  arytenoid  arytenoid cartilage  fibrocartilage  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    antimissile  bristle  dismissal  epistle  fissel  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blubber  cartilage  excelsior  fascia  fasciae  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cartilage  
    variant
    cartilage  
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