: cartilage
broadly
: tough cartilaginous, tendinous, or fibrous matter especially in table meats
Examples of gristle in a Sentence
a cheap piece of meat, full of gristle and fat
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Discovery’s David Zaslav looking for gristle to trim.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
The program was a notch off-center, but a Trifonov bullseye: B-side Tchaikovsky, a smattering of Chopin waltzes and the Barber sonata, another chapter in Trifonov’s American story but relayed with Prokofiev and Shostakovich’s gristle.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2024
Bites of a Reuben were interrupted by a glob of fatty gristle; the au jus in the Papa Eddie, a French dip with otherwise good brisket, was unbearably salty.
—Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Sichuanese jerky is all about the tendon and the gristle.
—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
The program was a notch off-center, but a Trifonov bullseye: B-side Tchaikovsky, a smattering of Chopin waltzes and the Barber sonata, another chapter in Trifonov’s American story but relayed with Prokofiev and Shostakovich’s gristle.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2024
Bites of a Reuben were interrupted by a glob of fatty gristle; the au jus in the Papa Eddie, a French dip with otherwise good brisket, was unbearably salty.
—Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Sichuanese jerky is all about the tendon and the gristle.
—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Gristle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gristle. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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gristle
noun
gris·tle
ˈgris-əl 
: tough chewy matter in meat served as food that is composed usually of cartilage
gristly
adjective
ˈgris-(ə-)lē
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