offal
The internal organs of an animal, used as foodThe internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.
» I like grilled offals!
Я люблю обжаренные потроха!
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.
Innereien
потроха́potroxá, требуха́trebuxá, потроха́potroxá
(countable, uncountable)A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.
(countable, uncountable)A dead body; carrion.
(countable, uncountable)That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
- viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
Examples
3 sentencesI like grilled offals!
ruЯ люблю обжаренные потроха! — odexed
In Mary's butcher shop, you can also find an offal shop.
Everything from the ox is used: the meat, the offal, the hide, the horns, the manure — absolutely everything.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to oFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: offalsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable