gristle

[gris-uh l]

noun

cartilage, especially in meats.

Nearby words

Origin of gristle

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Frisian, Middle Low German gristal; akin to Old English grost cartillage

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Examples from the Web for gristle

Savor the perfectly pitched ear required to turn a simple phrase like “a dumpling, some knurled pouch of gristle.”
The Slacker Generation's Swift|Gerald Howard|March 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But the structure of cartilage may be best observed by making thin sections of the gristle covering the ends of bones.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope|John William Griffith
Take any cold meat, cut off the gristle and fat, and put it through the meat chopper.
The Fun of Cooking|Caroline French Benton
The meat must be seasoned with pepper and salt and be free from gristle.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)|Mrs. F.L. Gillette

This tank contains the beard-mixture; and this one the gristle.'
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893|Various
He said it was all right to knock about from one thing to another while you were still in the gristle.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for gristle

gristle

noun

cartilage, esp when in meat

Derived Formsgristly, adjectivegristliness, noun

Word Origin for gristle

Old English gristle; related to Old Frisian, Middle Low German gristel

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Word Origin and History for gristle

gristle

Old English gristle "cartilage," related to grost "gristle," from a common West Germanic word (cf. Old Frisian and Middle Low German gristel, Old High German crostila, Middle High German gruschel) of obscure origin.