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offal

noun

ˈȯ-fəl How to pronounce offal (audio)
Definition of offalnext
as in garbage
discarded or useless material a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood

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Recent Examples of offal This carnivore’s sanctum offers an education in offal, mapping the pig from trompa (snout) to rabo (tail). — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 This isn’t about fetishizing offal. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 The German served up wiener schnitzel the following year, while in 1988 Scotland’s Sandy Lyle laid on some haggis – sheep’s offal minced, spiced and served in its stomach, and plated up to the sound of bagpipes. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026 Kennedy recently encouraged people to embrace offal as a more affordable source of protein. — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for offal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offal
  1. garbage
  2. debris
  3. trash
  4. rubbish
  5. sewage
  6. junk
  7. dust
Noun
  • Remove food that attracts wild animals by keeping garbage in closed, secure containers.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The only people who spoke up for this garbage were the people who put it together.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of garbage
Noun
  • The sheriff’s office released photos of the black Honda CR-V deep inside the store with debris surrounding the vehicle.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The team looked through such coronagraph data for seven distant stars, each surrounded by debris disks where planet formation may be happening.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of debris
Noun
  • It will then be loaded up with trash and sent down to a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • These community governance groups rely on owner dues and assessments to cover shared amenities, like pools, trash collection, and lawn maintenance.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of trash
Noun
  • This comes at the expense of no movement in the wrist, but to be fair, having the lightsaber pointed in any other direction would look rubbish.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Only construction waste will be accepted at the landfill such as, brush and rubbish, concrete, brick, rock, wood, paper, plastics, cardboard and roofing shingles and tiles.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of rubbish
Noun
  • Visitor arrivals surged while sewage infrastructure failed to keep pace.
    — Thomas Despin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Temperatures are at record highs, currents are shifting and stronger storms wash more pollutants into the water, including sewage and fertilizers, which can trigger huge algae blooms.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of sewage
Noun
  • Astroscale’s business is focused on satellite servicing and mitigation of space junk, a segment of the market that matches well with rockets the size of Isar’s Spectrum for dedicated rides to orbit.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The three scoured data collected by the Chandra space telescope between 1999 and 2017 and painstakingly filtered out any random artifacts and other junk.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of junk
Noun
  • These micro-drones usually crash in low-visibility crisis zones where dust, smoke, or pitch darkness blinds cameras.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Tristan, in the middle of putting down new wood shavings, looked at me shyly through the dust clouds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dust

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