noun
offal
O-fuhl
noun
1
The internal organs of a butchered animal, such as liver or kidney, eaten as food.
"Nose-to-tail cooking makes full use of offal that would otherwise be wasted."
2
Waste material or scraps considered worthless.
"The mill sold the offal from grinding grain as cheap animal feed."
How to Use Offal
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAnimal organ meats, or more generally, discarded scraps.
Common mistake
Don't confuse with "awful" (terrible) — they sound similar but are unrelated in meaning.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
offal and entrails
cook with offal
Word Forms
offals plural
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Etymology
From Middle English offal, literally "off-fall" — the parts that "fall off" when an animal is butchered.