gristle
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈɡrɪsəl/
:
cartílago
- And these nuggets are largely gristle and ground animal bone.
- gristle and bone
- gristle and fat
- gristle in meat
They're just picking up the fat and the, the gristle and they like a different environment.
- They're just picking up the fat and the, the gristle and they like a different environment.
- Like I don't like I don't mind, you know, some strong, I don't mind some gristle.
Examples
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At the time, Poppa was chewing his favorite food, gristle.
Fiction book (1995) -
Lean, now, no fat, no gristle.
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Bit of gristle for flavor, ever so tasty.
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There's some gristle in it.
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Instead, he poured the broth himself—the gristle floating in it, the shreds of meat, the bone.
Fiction book (1993) -
A dozen glasses clinked over the remains—dismembered fowl and goat with spices and gristle still clinging to the bones.
Fiction book (2000) -
I had to spit out the piece of gristle because it was too tough to chew.
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When preparing the stew, I found some gristle mixed in with the meat.
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The steak was delicious, but I couldn't stand the chewy gristle in it.
Synonyms
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4.3
A strong, flexible tissue in joints that is softer than bone
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gristle comes from an old English word gristel that meant 'cartilage', the small tough, bendy part found in meat. So gristle still means that hard, springy tissue in meat that is often difficult to chew.