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entrails

[ en-treylz, -truhlz ]
/ ˈɛn treɪlz, -trəlz /
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plural noun

the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
the intestines.
the internal parts of anything: the entrails of a machine.

RELATED WORDS

insides, bowels, viscera, guts, innards, vitals

Nearby words

entourage, entozoan, entozoic, entozoon, entr'acte, entrails, entrain, entrammel, entrance, entrance pupil, entranceway

Origin of entrails

1250–1300; Middle English entrailles < Anglo-French, Middle French < Vulgar Latin *interālia (compare early Medieval Latin intrālia), alteration, by suffix change (see -al1), of Latin interānea guts, neuter plural of interāneus; see inter-, -an, -eous

SYNONYMS FOR entrails

viscera, intestines, insides, innards, guts.
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Examples from the Web for entrail

  • But for pure, honest “leaf” lard not a bit of entrail fat should be mixed with the flakes.

    Home Pork Making|A. W. Fulton

  • A piece of the entrail escapes, and as it floats away it swells and swells.

    Indian Fairy Tales|Anonymous

  • His side had been ripped open and fragments of entrail projected from the rent.

    Combed Out|Fritz August Voigt

British Dictionary definitions for entrail

entrails

/ (ˈɛntreɪlz) /

pl n

the internal organs of a person or animal; intestines; guts
the innermost parts of anything

Word Origin for entrails

C13: from Old French entrailles, from Medieval Latin intrālia, changed from Latin interānea intestines, ultimately from inter between
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Medicine definitions for entrail

entrails

[ ĕn′trālz′, -trəlz ]

pl.n.

The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.
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