gristle

[gris-uhl]

noun

1. cartilage, especially in meats.

gristle

/ ˈɡrɪsəl /

noun

1. cartilage, esp when in meat

Other Word Forms

• gristly adjective
• gristliness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gristle¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gristle¹

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

Example Sentences

So far the float had only gone down when her line tangled in seaweed, or because a sea crab had nibbled at the bait until there was only a thread of gristle left.

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"Dishes often contain meat that looks like cartilage, jelly and fat, with a high percentage of gristle," she wrote.

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In a genre where "the gore and gristle of serial killers can become overly fetishised", he continued, "the deaths are tough to watch without being explicit, restrained without sacrificing the necessary shock value".

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Set in the mid-18th century, it is a classic tale of haves and have-nots filled with gristle and grit, limitless horizons, scenes of suffering, reversals of fortune and cathartic recognition.

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It’s the connective tissue — the gristle — between the kills that is seriously lacking.

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