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.

OTHER WORDS FOR entrails

insides, innards, guts.

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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

Words nearby entrails

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

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How to use entrails in a sentence

Legal minds look to the text to read the thoughts of the Framers as a high priest would study entrails at the Forum.
The Tea Party Isn’t a Political Movement, It’s a Religious One|Jack Schwartz|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It launches with a family hacked to death by one of its members, the mother's abdomen reduced to “a bloody bowl of entrails.”
It’s Not Easy Being Swede|Lizzie Skurnick|June 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
By fleeing his palace, Mubarak responded to the instinct not to have his entrails on display in the public square.
Where's Your Mojo, Obama?|Matt Latimer|March 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They gleefully bathe in fresh entrails; they rip the limbs off human bodies like a gourmand digging into a fresh lobster.
Stoker Family Values|Matthew Shaer|October 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST

I dig out strings of beads so impertinently large that they could never have been spat from the mere entrails of an oyster.
The Politics of Michelle Obama's Hair|Patricia J. Williams|October 9, 2008|DAILY BEAST
My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
There were augurs and haruspices to discover the will of the gods, according to entrails and the flight of birds.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
It consists of the fattest parts of the entrails of the pig, broiled in an oven.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 358|Various
He instructs the Mother Serpent to slay a wild ox and conceal herself in its entrails.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
The water-line is strewn with cast-off salmon heads and entrails.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard

British Dictionary definitions for entrails

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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