offal

Meaning

1. The internal organs of an animal, used as food.
2. A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.
3. A dead body; carrion.
4. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.

Concepts

offal

refuse

rubbish

garbage

trash

giblets

viscera

carrion

entrails

gut

innards

sudden shower

insides

internal organs

brain as food

heart as food

kidney as food

liver as food

lung as food

stomach as food

tongue as food

leavings of a meal

chitterlings

dog’s-meat

outcast

bran

dross

offscourings

inwards

spilth

muck

chippings

scrap

debris

bowels

guts

intestines

junk

organs

waste

ket

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒfl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oufal (“offal”), West Frisian ôffal (“offal”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Low German Offall (“offal”), German Abfall (“waste, refuse”), Danish affald (“waste, refuse”), Swedish avfall (“waste, refuse”), Old English offeallan (“to cut off”).