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Offal and offcuts such as head and feet can be picked up for next to nothing, and eating them helps to avoid waste.
Tristram Stuart

Meaning of "offal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OFFAL

From off + fall, referring to parts fallen or cut off; compare German Abfall rubbish.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OFFAL

offal  [ˈɒfəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFFAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Offal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OFFAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Offal

Offal /ˈɒfəl/, also called variety meats or organ meats, refers to the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of edible organs, which varies by culture and region, but includes most internal organs excluding muscle and bone. As an English mass noun, the term "offal" has no plural form. Some cultures shy away from offal as food, while others use it as everyday food, or in delicacies. Some offal dishes are considered gourmet food in international cuisine. This includes foie gras, pâté and sweetbreads. Other offal dishes remain part of traditional regional cuisine and may be consumed especially in connection with holidays. This includes Scottish haggis, Jewish chopped liver, Southern U.S. chitlins, Mexican menudo as well as many other dishes. Intestines are traditionally used as casing for sausages. Depending on the context, offal may refer to those parts of an animal carcass discarded after butchering or skinning; it may also refer to the by-products of milled grains, such as corn or wheat.

Definition of offal in the English dictionary

The first definition of offal in the dictionary is the edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart, liver, and tongue. Other definition of offal is dead or decomposing organic matter. Offal is also refuse; rubbish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFFAL


baffle
ˈbæfəl
coffle
ˈkɒfəl
duffel
ˈdʌfəl
Eifel
ˈaɪfəl
Eiffel
ˈaɪfəl
falafel
fəlˈɑːfəl
kerfuffle
kəˈfʌfəl
pantoffle
pænˈtɒfəl
poffle
ˈpɒfəl
raffle
ˈræfəl
rifle
ˈraɪfəl
ruffle
ˈrʌfəl
shuffle
ˈʃʌfəl
souffle
ˈsuːfəl
stifle
ˈstaɪfəl
stressful
ˈstrɛsfəl
TOEFL
ˈtɒfəl
trifle
ˈtraɪfəl
truffle
ˈtrʌfəl
waffle
ˈwɒfəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFFAL

off-the-job training
off-the-peg
off-the-record
off-the-shelf
off-the-shoulder
off-the-wall
off-topic
off-white
off-year election
Offa
Offaly
offbeat
offcast
offcut
Offenbach
offence
offenceful
offenceless
offend
offended

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFFAL

anal
Parsifal
survival
teal
technical
terminal
the National
the real
total
traditional
trial
tropical
tutorial
typical
universal
usual
vertical
virtual
visual
vital

Synonyms and antonyms of offal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «offal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFFAL

Find out the translation of offal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of offal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «offal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

动物内脏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asaduras
570 millions of speakers

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offal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Offal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مخلفاتها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

субпродукты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাজে জিনিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abats
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anjing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Innereien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

臓物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

내장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Offal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cặn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழிவுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sakatat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frattaglie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podroby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

субпродукти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

organe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εντόσθια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slaktbiprodukter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slakteavfall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of offal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFAL»

The term «offal» is regularly used and occupies the 83.778 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about offal

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3 QUOTES WITH «OFFAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word offal.
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Anna Chancellor
I'm not crazy about oysters and offal and brains and stuff like that. It's vegetables that I really like. I worked in the River Cafe restaurant when it first opened, and I used to eat the leftover vegetables on the plates. They were so delicious.
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Fergus Henderson
Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.
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Tristram Stuart
Offal and offcuts such as head and feet can be picked up for next to nothing, and eating them helps to avoid waste.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFFAL»

Discover the use of offal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to offal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Food Preparation and Cooking: Cookery units. Student guide
Check that meat, poultry or offal is of the type, quality and quantity required. Report any problems identified with the quality of meat, poultry, offal or other ingredients promptly to the appropriate person. Ensure meat, poultry or offal is prepared ...
‎1996
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Handbook of Fabrication Processes
Use of Scrap and Offal The metal cut away from parts in trimming and blanking operations is often referred to in press-room terminology as either scrap or offal. While there is no particular distinction between these two terms in standard ...
Orville D. Lascoe
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Offal: A Global History
Yet as Nina Edwards shows in this intriguing history, offal has been consumed and enjoyed across ages and continents, often hidden by the rich variety of terms—like fois gras and sweetbread—that have evolved to veil their origins.
Nina Edwards, 2013
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Comfort Me with Offal: Ruth Bourdain's Guide to Gastronomy
offal Good: Twenty Organs to Eat Before You Die Offal, or organ meats, have become increasingly popular ingredients in contemporary gastronomy. Once considered peasant foods, these “nasty bits” have gone mainstream, prized by some of ...
Ruth Bourdain, 2012
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Beef in China: Agribusiness Opportunities and Challenges
Table 14.5 Average price of beef offal in winter by type of offal Type of offal Tripe Heart Kidney Liver Tongue Average price 20.90 16.02 15.40 18.36 15.70 Source: Cai, Longworth and Barr (1999) cities (Shanghai and Nanjing). The higher ...
John William Longworth, Colin G. Brown, Scott A. Waldron, 2001
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Handbook of Poultry Feed from Waste: Processing and Use
(d) Meal handling The processed poultry offal meal can be delivered into the feeding industry in a bulk or bag system. In some cases the end product may be ground and sieved. ( e) Fat extraction The normal poultry offal meal prepared from ...
Adel R. Y. El Boushy, A.F.B. van der Poel, Antonius Franciscus Bernadus Poel, 2000
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Vrq Level 2 Certificate in Professional
Meat and offal This chapter covers the following outcomes from Diploma unit 209: Prepare and cook meat and offal Outcome 209.1 Prepare meat and offal Outcome 209.2 Cook meat and offal Working through this chapter could also provide ...
Pam Rabone, 2007
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Modern Food Service Purchasing: Business Essentials to ...
Offal, also called variety meats, consists of the edible non- muscular parts of slaughter animals. Variety meats are generally broken down into organ meats: red offal (which includes heart, tongue, lungs or “lights,” liver, and kidneys) and white ...
Robert Garlough, 2010
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The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating
Here are recipes that hark back to a strong rural tradition of delicious thrift, and that literally represent Henderson's motto, "Nose to Tail Eating" -- be they Pig's Trotter Stuffed with Potato, Rabbit Wrapped in Fennel and Bacon, or his ...
Fergus Henderson, 2004
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All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France ...
The word 'offal' is used here in the sense it has in the butchery trade in Britain, a sense stated precisely by the Oxford English Dictionary: 'the parts which are cut off in dressing the carcass of an animal killed for food; in earlier use applied ...
Stephen Mennell, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFFAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term offal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Taiwanese firm at centre of 'gutter oil' scandal fined, chairman jailed …
... oil which was recycled from kitchen waste, by-products from leather processing plants, and offal from slaughterhouses, at below market-rates. «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
2
Five memorable Masterchef NZ nightmares
The Masterchef Duos were given one hour to cook one lamb and one offal dish. While brain dumplings and croquettes passed the taste taste, ... «Waikato Times, Jul 15»
3
What's with eating crocodile then?
Peter Weeden, the chef-proprietor of London's Newman Street Tavern, is a great proponent of offal. His restaurant buys whole carcasses, and ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
Learning the ways and joys of Peruvian foods
At Mercato Surquillo in Lima, the staffers wander through city market stalls inspecting vegetables, cookware, chickens, offal, medicinal herbs, ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
5
“Yatai” Food Stalls
They offer typical yatai fare, including ramen, oden, motsunabe (offal stew), yakitori, teppanyaki (meat and vegetables cooked on a hot iron ... «Nippon.com, Jul 15»
6
Celebrity Masterchef: Kimberley, Rylan and Sam reveal their best …
Is there anything you'd never cook again? I am not good with offal. I have never attempted to cook anything like that and I think I will steer clear. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Shark attack memories flood back for Dunedin victim's brother
... shark deaths were the work of one great white, potentially attracted by the regularly dumping of fish offal near the entrance of Otago Harbour. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Nina Teicholz's big surprise: 'Fat doesn't make you fat'
Author Nina Teicholz says: "Eat butter; drink milk whole, and feed it to the whole family. Stock up on creamy cheeses, offal, and sausage, and ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
9
Rugby: Maniototo formidable at home
No team enjoys travelling to the ''Offal Pit'', especially when the ground is like a skating rink and car horns provide the background noise. «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Eating out / 'B-1' regional food trucks make pit stop in Akihabara
... Yakisoba stir-fried noodles from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture; and Tagawa Horumon Nabe, an offal dish from Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture. «The Japan News, Jul 15»

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