offal
offal
Definition
of·fal (ôf′əl)
noun
- waste parts; esp., the entrails, etc. of a butchered animal
- refuse; garbage
Etymology: ME ofall, lit., off-fall
offal
Synonyms
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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