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offal

Pronunciation: /ˈɒf(ə)l/
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Definition of offal

noun

[mass noun]
  • the entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food: eating pieces of braised offal turned his stomach [count noun]:a ban on infective offals being fed to pigs [with modifier]:beef offal
  • waste material: the packing plant dumped its offal into the stream
  • decomposing animal flesh: gulls pecking at piles of offal from the narwhal hunt

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'refuse from a process'): probably suggested by Middle Dutch afval, from af 'off' + vallen 'to fall'

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