offal
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
offal
n 1: viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often
considered inedible by humans
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
offal \of"fal\, n. [Off + fall.]
1. The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the
inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera.
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2. A dead body; carrion. --Shak.
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3. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use;
refuse; rubbish.
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The offals of other professions. --South.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "offal":
bilge, bilgewater, bones, carrion, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris,
dishwater, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dust, filings, garbage, gash,
hogwash, husks, junk, leavings, lees, litter, offscourings, orts,
parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, riffraff, rubbish,
scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage,
shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, slough, stubble,
sweepings, swill, tares, trash, wastage, waste, waste matter,
wastepaper, weeds
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