gristle
/ˈɡrɪs(ə)l
/noun [mass noun]
Cartilage, especially when found as tough inedible tissue in meat.He grins, and there are bits of gristle and meat stuck in his teeth....
- My friend thought it was a little too dry, and although I didn't totally agree, I did think the portion was far too boney, with too much gristle and not enough meat.
- More than half of it isn't meat at all, but gristle or bone.
Origin
Old English, of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- endoglossic
- endolithic
- endolymph
- endometrial
- endometriosis
- endometritis
- endometrium
- endomorph
- endomorphic
- endomorphy
- end on
- end one's days (or life)
- endonuclease
- endoparasite
- endoparasitic
- endopeptidase
- endophora
- endophoric
- endophyte
- endophytic
- endoplasm
- endoplasmic reticulum
- endopod
- endopodite
- end organ