Offal Definition

ôfəl, ŏfəl
noun
Waste parts; esp., the entrails, etc. of a butchered animal.
Webster's New World
Refuse; garbage.
Webster's New World
The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
Wiktionary
The internal organs of an animal other than a bird, these organs being used as food.
Wiktionary
A dead body.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Offal

Noun

Singular:
offal
Plural:
offals

Origin of Offal

  • From Middle English offal (“offal, refuse, scrap waste"), possibly from Old Norse affall (“offal"), or from Middle English of- +"Ž fal(l), equivalent to off- +"Ž fall. Cognate with Danish affald (“waste, refuse"), Swedish avfall (“waste, refuse"), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse"), German Abfall (“waste, refuse"), Old English offeallan (“to cut off"). More at off, fall.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English of- off (from Old English) (from of apo- in Indo-European roots) fal fall

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Offal Sentence Examples

  • We once ate much more offal than we do now.

  • Other widely used ingredients include truffles, ham, pork, and offal and fresh vegetables are used with reverence.

  • This great assemblage is always a dangerous centre of infection, and the days of Mina especially, spent under circumstances originally adapted only for a Bedouin fair, with no provisions for proper cleanliness, and with the air full of the smell of putrefying offal and flesh drying in the sun, produce much sickness.

  • Let sinew bond with bone, gristle with offal blah blah blah blah... that should do it.

  • If you're feeling feisty, go for the very traditional frito Mallorquin - deep-fried offal and vegetables.

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