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of·fal
(ô′fəl, ŏf′əl)n.
1. Waste material or byproducts from a manufacturing process.
2. Meat, including internal organs (such as liver, heart, or kidney) and extremities (such as tail or hooves), that has been taken from a part other than skeletal muscles. Also called variety meat.
3. Refuse; rubbish.
[Middle English : of-, off (from Old English, from of; see apo- in Indo-European roots) + fal, fall.]
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offal
(ˈɒfəl)n
1. (Cookery) the edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart, liver, and tongue
2. dead or decomposing organic matter
3. refuse; rubbish
[C14: from off + fall, referring to parts fallen or cut off; compare German Abfall rubbish]
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of•fal
(ˈɔ fəl, ˈɒf əl)n.
1. waste parts, esp. the viscera or inedible remains of a butchered animal.
2. refuse or rubbish; garbage.
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Noun | 1. | offal - viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans organs, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal |
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Translations
indmad
belsõség
innmatur
plaučkepeniai
subprodukti
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offal
(ˈofəl) noun the parts of an animal eg the heart, liver etc which are considered as food for people.
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