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offal Definition

of·fal (ôfəl)

noun

  1. waste parts; esp., the entrails, etc. of a butchered animal
  2. refuse; garbage

Etymology: ME ofall, lit., off-fall

offal Synonyms

offal

n.

garbage, refuse, waste; see trash 1, 3.

offal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • prohibit: Because prohibited offal is handled by knackers and renderers, the processes were also examined in relation to possible occupational hazards from BSE.
  • exclude: Why did the Working Party advise that manufacturers should exclude certain bovine offals from baby food?
  • ban: Mr Scott stated that MBM from banned offal was still finding its way into animal feed.
  • specify: Other offal listed has been included for the sake of consistency with existing regulations specifying offal.
  • eat: We once ate much more offal than we do now.
  • remove: The Hunt purchased an incinerator costing in excess of £ 6,000 almost two years ago and also pays for skips to remove the offal.

Adjective modifier

  • bovine: Our proposed ban on bovine offal for human consumption would not affect these uses, I assume.
  • specified: In addition specified offals were being taken out of the food chain.
  • ruminant: These were the recycling of animal waste, biological medicinal products, research, and the use of ruminant offal in baby food.
  • edible: Plants of this size can accumulate enough edible offals to make the export markets attractive to them.
  • green: Known as green offal for cattle and sheep, and black offal for pigs.
  • red: The green and red offals are then processed in separate areas to avoid contamination.

Modifies a noun

  • ban: And with the offal ban, none of it should be infected anyway.

Noun used with modifier

  • sheep: The feeding of sheep offal to cattle is believed to be the original cause of BSE.
  • cattle: The article also reported Dr. Grant as saying that infected cattle offal was still being used in pies and meat products.

Preposition: in

  • pig: In relation to the ban on offal in pig and poultry feed he attached the note as provided by Mr Lowson.
  • feed: The circular reiterated UKASTA's commitment to the voluntary ban on the use of MBM containing specified offal in animal feed.

Preposition: from

  • calf: Ministers accepted advice that offal from calves should be excluded from the ban.
  • cattle: The MBM in question was infective because it had been made by rendering infective offal from cattle suffering from or merely incubating the disease.

Preposition: for

  • consumption: Our proposed ban on bovine offal for human consumption would not affect these uses, I assume.

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