gristle
pronunciation
How to pronounce gristle in British English:
UK [ˈgrɪsl]
How to pronounce gristle in American English:
US [ˈɡrɪsəl]
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- Noun:
- tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Word Origin
- gristle (n.)
- Old English gristle "cartilage," related to grost "gristle," from a common West Germanic word (cognates: Old Frisian and Middle Low German gristel, Old High German crostila, Middle High German gruschel) of obscure origin.
Example
- 1. Babies have gristle in some parts of the skull .
- 2. Where two bones meet , called the joint , the bone ends are covered with cartilage , also known as gristle .
- 3. The list of causes and countries in which people are prepared to turn themselves , and those around them , into bloody piles of bone and gristle is long and growing .
- 4. Joan won 't eat meat if it has any gristle .
- 5. They expected blood , bones , gristle , sinews . They chew and chew , but the words are chide and chicle is indigestible .