English Dictionary

OFFAL

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does offal mean? 

OFFAL (noun)
  The noun OFFAL has 1 sense:

1. viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humansplay

  Familiarity information: OFFAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OFFAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("offal" is a kind of...):

organs; variety meat (edible viscera of a butchered animal)


 Context examples 


When night came again I found, with pleasure, that the fire gave light as well as heat and that the discovery of this element was useful to me in my food, for I found some of the offals that the travellers had left had been roasted, and tasted much more savoury than the berries I gathered from the trees.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Penny wise, pound foolish." (English proverb)

"Fun and pleasure are located below the navel; dispute and trouble are also located there." (Bhutanese proverb)

"Smart people are blessed." (Arabic proverb)

"Those who had some shame are dead." (Egyptian proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact