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offal

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of·fal  fl, fl)
n.
1. Waste parts, especially of a butchered animal.
2. Refuse; rubbish.

[Middle English : of-, off (from Old English, from of; see apo- in Indo-European roots) + fal, fall.]

offal [ˈɒfəl]
n
1. (Cookery) the edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart, liver, and tongue
2. dead or decomposing organic matter
3. refuse; rubbish
[from off + fall, referring to parts fallen or cut off; compare German Abfall rubbish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.offal - viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
organs, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal
Translations
offal [ˈɒfəl] Nasaduras fpl, menudillos mpl

offal [ˈɒfəl] nabats mpl

offal
n no plInnereien pl; (fig)Abfall m, → Ausschuss m

offal [ˈɒfl] nfrattaglie fpl
offal [ˈɒfl] nfrattaglie fpl

offal
n offal [ˈofəl]
the parts of an animal eg the heart, liver etc which are considered as food for people. afval فَضَلات الذَّبيحَه: الكَبِد والكِليَتَيْن карантия droby, vnitřnosti indmad die Innereien (pl.) εντόσθια ζώου που τρώγονται από τον άνθρωπο asaduras, menudos rupskid دل و جگر؛ کله پاچه sisäelimet abats חֲלָקיִם פְּנִימִיִים मांस iznutrice belsőség(ek) (állaté) jeroan innmatur interiora, rigaglie 臓物 썩은 고기; 찌꺼기 plaučkepeniai subprodukti bahagian dalam lever, nieren enz. innmat podroby vísceras măruntaie потроха drobky drobovina iznutrice inälvsmat เครื่องในสัตว์ sakatat 內臟,下水 потрухи, тельбухи اوجھڑي đồ thừa


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I have seen Mary contending with the pigs for the offal thrown into the street.
" For when he told his mother that Hetty was willing they should all live together and there was no more need of them to think of parting, she said, in a more contented tone than he had heard her speak in since it had been settled that he was to be married, "Eh, my lad, I'll be as still as th' ould tabby, an' ne'er want to do aught but th' offal work, as she wonna like t' do.
The air was perfumed with the stench of rotten leaves and faded fruit; the refuse of the butchers' stalls, and offal and garbage of a hundred kinds.
 
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