noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɔfəl/without the cot–caught merger
cot-caught-merger:/ˈɑfəl/
rhymes with -ɒfəl
homophone: awful (accents with either the lot–cloth split or the cot–caught merger)
1
noun
Meaning 1
The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fancy meat, variety meat
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
1817, John Taylor, Arator; Being a Series of Agricultural Essays Practical and Political in Sixty-One Numbers, Baltimore: John M. Carter, No. 32, Indian Corn, p. 96, https://books.google.ca/books?id=paMBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The whole of the corn offal is better food than wheat straw, but its blades and tops are so greatly superiour, that cattle prefer them to hay, and will fatten on them as well.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A dead body; carrion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: variety meat, organs
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
afval
— rejected parts of an animal
Azerbaijani:
içalat
— rejected parts of an animal
Bulgarian:
животински отпадъци
(životinski otpadǎci)
— rejected parts of an animal
Chinese Mandarin:
內臟 /内脏
(nèizàng)
— rejected parts of an animal
Chinese Mandarin:
下水
(xiàshui)
— rejected parts of an animal
Danish:
slagteriaffald
— rejected parts of an animal
Dutch:
slachtafval
— rejected parts of an animal
Esperanto:
malpuraĵo
— rejected parts of an animal
Finnish:
teurasjäte
— rejected parts of an animal
French:
abats
— rejected parts of an animal
Greek:
απορρίματα
(aporrímata)
— rejected parts of an animal
Indonesian:
jeroan
— rejected parts of an animal
Indonesian:
dalaman
— rejected parts of an animal
Indonesian:
visera
— rejected parts of an animal
Irish:
garr
— rejected parts of an animal
Macedonian:
внатрешници
(vnatrešnici)
— rejected parts of an animal
Norwegian Bokmål:
slakteavfall
— rejected parts of an animal
Plautdietsch:
Schunt
— rejected parts of an animal
Portuguese:
miúdo
— rejected parts of an animal
Russian:
потроха́
(potroxá)
— rejected parts of an animal
Russian:
требуха́
(trebuxá)
— rejected parts of an animal
Spanish:
despojos
— rejected parts of an animal
Spanish:
menudencia
— rejected parts of an animal
Spanish:
desperdicios
— rejected parts of an animal
Swedish:
slaktavfall
— rejected parts of an animal
Swedish:
slaktbiprodukt
— rejected parts of an animal
Swedish:
slaktbiprodukter
— rejected parts of an animal
Thai:
ซากสัตว์
(sâak-sàt)
— rejected parts of an animal
Walloon:
dispouye
— rejected parts of an animal
Afrikaans:
afval
— animal's organs as food
Azerbaijani:
içalat
— animal's organs as food
Basque:
errai
— animal's organs as food
Bulgarian:
дреболии
(drebolii)
— animal's organs as food
Catalan:
víscera
— animal's organs as food
Chinese Mandarin:
下水
(xiàshuǐ)
— animal's organs as food
Czech:
vnitřnosti
— animal's organs as food
Czech:
droby
— animal's organs as food
Danish:
indmad
— animal's organs as food
Dutch:
orgaanvlees
— animal's organs as food
Esperanto:
tripaĵo
— animal's organs as food
Esperanto:
visceraĵo
— animal's organs as food
Esperanto:
buĉrubo
— animal's organs as food
Finnish:
sisäelimet
— animal's organs as food
French:
abats
— animal's organs as food
Galician:
miúdos
— animal's organs as food
Georgian:
შიგნეული
(šigneuli)
— animal's organs as food
Georgian:
გულ-ღვიძლი
(gul-ɣviʒli)
— animal's organs as food
Georgian:
ჯიგარი
(ǯigari)
— animal's organs as food
Georgian:
კუჭმაჭი
(ḳuč̣mač̣i)
— animal's organs as food
German:
Innereien
— animal's organs as food
Greek:
εντόσθια
(entósthia)
— animal's organs as food
Hungarian:
belsőségek
— animal's organs as food
Icelandic:
innmatur
— animal's organs as food
Indonesian:
jeroan
— animal's organs as food
Irish:
conamar
— animal's organs as food
Italian:
frattaglie
— animal's organs as food
Japanese:
臓物
(zōmotsu)
— animal's organs as food
Japanese:
もつ
(motsu)
— animal's organs as food
Japanese:
ホルモン
(horumon)
— animal's organs as food
Macedonian:
внатрешници
(vnatrešnici)
— animal's organs as food
Norwegian Bokmål:
innmat
— animal's organs as food
Norwegian Nynorsk:
innmat
— animal's organs as food
Polish:
podroby
— animal's organs as food
Portuguese:
miúdos
— animal's organs as food
Portuguese:
cabidela
— animal's organs as food
Portuguese:
fressura
— animal's organs as food
Portuguese:
bofes
— animal's organs as food
Romanian:
măruntaie
— animal's organs as food
Romanian:
potroacă
— animal's organs as food
Russian:
потроха́
(potroxá)
— animal's organs as food
Russian:
требуха́
(trebuxá)
— animal's organs as food
Spanish:
menudencia
— animal's organs as food
Swedish:
inälvsmat
— animal's organs as food
Swedish:
inälvor
— animal's organs as food
Swedish:
inkråm
— animal's organs as food
Thai:
เครื่องใน
(krʉ̂ʉang-nai)
— animal's organs as food
Turkish:
sakatat
— animal's organs as food
Ottoman Turkish:
ایچ
(iç)
— animal's organs as food