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offal

noun
/ˈɒf.əl/UK/ˈɔ.fəl/

Etymology

From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oufal (“offal”), West Frisian ôffal (“offal”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Low German Offall (“offal”), German Abfall (“waste, refuse”), Danish affald (“waste, refuse”), Swedish avfall (“waste, refuse”), Old English offeallan (“to cut off”).

  1. inherited from offal

Definitions

  1. The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.

  2. A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.

  3. A dead body

    A dead body; carrion.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use

      That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.

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Derived

offally

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for offal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA