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.

Synonyms

refuse

rubbish

trash

garbage

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giblets

viscera

carrion

gut

innards

entrails

junk

muck

organs

outcast

scrap

spilth

sudden shower

internal organs

offscourings

leavings of a meal

waste

dog’s-meat

ket

brain as food

heart as food

kidney as food

liver as food

lung as food

stomach as food

bowels

tongue as food

bran

chippings

chitterlings

debris

dross

guts

insides

intestines

inwards

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒfl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: offal

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Oufal

Cognate with Western Frisian: ôffal

Cognate with Dutch: afval

Cognate with German: Abfall

Cognate with Danish: affald

Cognate with Swedish: avfall

Cognate with Old English: offeallan

In summary

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”).