offal

of·fal

noun \ˈȯ-fəl, ˈä-\

Definition of OFFAL

1

: the waste or by-product of a process: as

a : trimmings of a hide

b : the by-products of milling used especially for stock feeds

c : the viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal removed in dressing : variety meat

2

: rubbish

Examples of OFFAL

1. <a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood>

Origin of OFFAL

Middle English, from of off + fall

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to OFFAL

Synonyms

chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, garbage, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste

Related Words

crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash; detritus, remains, rubble, ruins; dump, scrap heap; lumber, odds and ends, trumpery; flotsam, jetsam, wreckage; castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway; nothing, straw, two bits

Near Antonyms

catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable; booty, find, salvage

Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

Rhymes with OFFAL

waffle