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gris·tle
(grĭs′əl)n.
Cartilage, especially when present in meat.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
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gristle
(ˈɡrɪsəl)n
(Cookery) cartilage, esp when in meat
[Old English gristle; related to Old Frisian, Middle Low German gristel]
ˈgristly adj
ˈgristliness n
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gris•tle
(ˈgrɪs əl)n.
cartilage, esp. in meat.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English; c. Old Frisian, Middle Low German gristal; akin to Old English grost cartilage]
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| Noun | 1. | gristle - tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals collagen - a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling meniscus, semilunar cartilage - (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint fibrocartilage - cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue hyaline cartilage - translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton arytaenoid, arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage - either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached thyroid cartilage, Adam's apple - the largest cartilage of the larynx cartilaginous structure - body structure given shape by cartilage ground substance, intercellular substance, matrix - the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
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Translations
غُضْروف
chrupavka
brusk
rusto
porc
brjósk
gyslagyslotaskremzlėtas
skrimslis
chrupka
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gristle
n → Knorpel m
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gristle
(ˈgrisl) noun a tough, rubbery substance found in meat. There's too much gristle in this steak.
ˈgristly adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
gris·tle
n. cartílago.
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