offal

/ˈɔfəl/
noun
  1. The internal organs and entrails of an animal, used as food.
    • Some people enjoy offal like heart and tongue, while others find it unappealing.
    • At the butcher shop, you can buy offal such as tripe and sweetbreads for stews.
    • The chef prepared a traditional dish using lamb offal, including liver and kidneys.
  2. Waste or refuse material, especially from a processing operation.
    • After milling the grain, the offal was used as animal feed.
    • The butcher separated the offal from the meat cuts and sent it to a rendering facility.
    • The factory disposed of the offal from the fish processing plant in an environmentally safe way.
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