entrails

[en-treylz, -truhlz]

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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.

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

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viscera, intestines, insides, innards, guts.

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Related Words for entrails

insides, bowels, viscera, guts, innards, vitals

Examples from the Web for entrails

Contemporary Examples of entrails

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
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

Historical Examples of entrails

The head and feet are left on and the entrails are not removed.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Then Nuflo would rejoice and feast, rewarding them with the skin, bones, and entrails.
Green Mansions
W. H. Hudson
The dogs had devoured even the entrails of the seal, and began to gnaw their traces.
The Field of Ice
Jules Verne
The angel tells him to rub the old man's eyes with the entrails of the fish.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
Scale and draw out the entrails of the fish without opening the belly, give them a wash, and let them drain from the water.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton

British Dictionary definitions for entrails

entrails

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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Word Origin and History for entrails

c.1300, from Old French entrailles (12c.), from Late Latin intralia "inward parts, intestines" (8c.), from Latin interanea, neuter plural of interaneus "internal, that which is within," from inter "between, among" (see inter-).

entrails in Medicine

entrails

[ĕn′trālz′, -trəlz]

pl.n.

The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.