as in garbage
discarded or useless material
a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood
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Recent Examples of offal
Lobster three ways using meat, shells and offal demonstrates a tradition of letting nothing go to waste.
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Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Menudo is the ultimate peasant dish, made with the once undesired offal meat of a butchered animal.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
The processor explained that their business gives leftover legs and offal to multiple people, who use the parts for everything from fertilizer to chicken feed.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
These turn out to be the pickled skirt trimmed from a scallop — shellfish offal.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Menudo is the ultimate peasant dish, made with the once undesired offal meat of a butchered animal.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
The processor explained that their business gives leftover legs and offal to multiple people, who use the parts for everything from fertilizer to chicken feed.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
These turn out to be the pickled skirt trimmed from a scallop — shellfish offal.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offal
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Generic garbage with weird phrases and a robotic structure.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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And composting leaves means less going to the garbage dump.Lauren David, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
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As the name implies, a mop-vac rolls a mop and a vacuum into one—sucking up debris and cleaning your floors at the same time.Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2024
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Then on race day Sunday, a crash sent debris into the stands, injuring eight fans.Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
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On one recent morning, trash littered the steps leading down to the garden-level entrance, and a red Nike shoebox sat abandoned in a stone planter.Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
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Vault toilets, trash and recycling services are available at the nearby El Capitan picnic area.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Johnson: There’s so much rubbish talked about this.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Collins was mortified; the conga player was rubbish.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Build crazy machines that work out of junk, and learn the underlying principles behind them.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Last month, Ortberg announced plans to lay off about 17,000 people and a stock sale to prevent the company’s credit rating from being cut to junk status.David Koenig, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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The strikes have caused extensive damage to roads, electricity networks and water and sewage lines.Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Damage to roads proved to be a major inconvenience, especially as broken sewage, water and gas mains prevented people from getting to work in the morning.Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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This Roomba sweeps and sucks up dust for 120 minutes on a single charge.Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 23 Nov. 2024
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Instead, use a damp towel or microfiber cloth, which can trap and lock in dust, reducing the amount that’s stirred up when cleaning.Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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Female dogs may be bred continuously without adequate recovery time between litters, putting them at risk of complications and diminishing their quality of life.Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Speaking of kicking, the detachable shelter keeps litter and pee inside—just in case your cat has a high stream.Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Offal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offal. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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