innards

[ in-erdz ]

/ ˈɪn ərdz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.

the internal mechanism, parts, structure, etc., of something; the interior of something: an engine's innards.

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Origin of innards

1815–25; variant of inwards, noun use of inward

Words nearby innards

in mind, inmost, inn, innage, in name only, innards, innate, innate immunity, innately, innateness hypothesis, innate releasing mechanism

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How to use innards in a sentence

Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
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One customer retooled a Nintendo Wii with its innards switched out for glued pennies.
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Or you can mount a flayed rabbit to hang in your living room while a chef turns its innards into a nose-to-tail feast.
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But when I heard someone cock his rifle, I felt my innards dissolve.
My Harrowing Kidnapping Ordeal in Syria|Balint Szlanko|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The book delivers a torrent of detail, in a form as precisely machined as the innards of a Swiss watch.
The Search for Serious Literary Fiction for Republicans|James McGirk|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So saying, he let the grateful sunlight into the Dromedary's innards.
Humour of the North|Lawrence J. Burpee
Flopping over on his stomach, endeavoring to hold down the last remnants of his innards, he begged to be left alone.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
I simply know that she's full of water aft and has got something serious the matter with her innards.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
She would probably think it a very huge joke that she had been born with innards that made her different from everybody else.
The Memory of Mars|Raymond F. Jones
Immediately, Scraggsy, me an' Mac decided you might hate our innards but just the same you needed us in your business.
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne

British Dictionary definitions for innards

innards

/ (ˈɪnədz) /

pl n informal

the internal organs of the body, esp the viscera

the interior parts or components of anything, esp the working parts

Word Origin for innards

C19: colloquial variant of inwards

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