gristle
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əl noun
cartilage, especially in meats.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Frisian, Middle Low German gristal; akin to Old English grost cartillage
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Frisian, Middle Low German gristal; akin to Old English grost cartillage
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gristle (ˈɡrɪsəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| cartilage, esp when in meat | |
| [Old English gristle; related to Old Frisian, Middle Low German gristel] | |
| 'gristly | |
| —adj | |
| 'gristliness | |
| —n | |
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Gristle
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
gristle
O.E. gristle "cartilage," related to grost "gristle," from a common W.Gmc. word (cf. O.Fris., M.L.G. gristel, O.H.G. crostila).
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Example sentences
Further, the report gives us a little morsel---or gristle, as it were---to chew on about the future.
Boxed meat provides for efficient and hygienic handling and offers savings in transport because bone and gristle are removed.
Cartilage is gristle or a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue.
It consisted of one piece of gristle followed by another.
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