Offal

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  • noun. Waste parts, especially of a butchered animal.
  • noun. Refuse; rubbish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which falls off, as a chip or chips in dressing wood or stone; that which is suffered to fall off as of little value or use.
  • noun. Especially Waste meat; the parts of a butchered animal which are rejected as unfit for use.
  • noun. Refuse of any kind; rubbish.
  • noun. In the fisheries: Small fish of various kinds taken in seines among larger or more valuable kinds, and thrown away or used for manure, etc.
  • noun. Low-priced and inferior fish: distinguished from prime. Fish caught with the trawl average one fourth prime and three fourths offal.
  • Waste; refuse: as, offal wood.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera.
  • noun. A dead body; carrion.
  • noun. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
  • noun. The internal organs of an animal other than a bird, these organs being used as food.
  • noun. A dead body.
  • noun. Carrion.
  • noun. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
  • Word Usage
    "The term offal which, unfortunately, sounds like "awful" comes from "off fall" - the parts that fell off the butcher's table, or an animal's organs, entrails and extremities."
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    dregs  giblets  refuse  
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    offalist  
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    blubber  carrion  cinder  detritus  draff  
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