gristle
cartilage, especially in meats.
Origin of gristle
1Words Nearby gristle
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How to use gristle in a sentence
Kyrie is such a massive pain in the ass that he doesn’t even give humble writers the gristle to pigeonhole him as a particular type of anti-vaxxer.
As an advertiser, “you have to get comfortable with the fact that, if you’re buying sausage, there’s going to be a lot of fat and gristle in there,” this executive said.
Future of TV Briefing: Media companies grapple with getting advertisers to buy their platform video inventory | Tim Peterson | January 27, 2021 | DigidayShe was mostly gristle and bone when we saw her, lying in the sun with her legs spread and a grimace on her face.
Savor the perfectly pitched ear required to turn a simple phrase like “a dumpling, some knurled pouch of gristle.”
Bone would prove too unyielding, but cartilage, or gristle, meets the case exactly.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley Mills
It begins to have a little more consistence, and the future bones begin to resemble cartilage, or gristle.
Remove the fillet from a fine loin of mutton, trim away every particle of skin, fat, and gristle.
Nelson's Home Comforts | Mary HooperThere is salt which was in the saliva, in the gristle, and in the blood.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific CircleReivers struck, and Moirs nose disappeared in a welter of blood and gristle.
The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen
British Dictionary definitions for gristle
/ (ˈɡrɪsəl) /
cartilage, esp when in meat
Origin of gristle
1Derived forms of gristle
- gristly, adjective
- gristliness, noun
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