What is another word for gristle?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈɪsə͡l] (IPA)

Gristle, a term used to describe cartilage tissue in meat, has a few synonyms that can be used interchangeably. Some of the synonyms for gristle include cartilage, sinew, connective tissue, fibrous tissue, and tough tissue. Cartilage refers to the soft, flexible tissue found in the nose, ears, and joints, while sinew describes long, fibrous muscle tissue. Connective tissue and fibrous tissue are both types of tissue that connect and support organs and muscles. Lastly, tough tissue is a catch-all term that describes any tissue that is hard to chew or eat. Whether using gristle or one of its synonyms, these terms refer to the parts of meat that many find less desirable to eat but can provide great flavor if cooked correctly.

What are the hypernyms for Gristle?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Gristle

Here he found the bull lying on its back; having, in its struggles to get free, almost torn the ring through the gristle of its nose.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
Without waiting for Ponto to beg that he would not trouble himself, off he set, and soon brought back a nice bone with plenty of gristle on it.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
In the neck, about three inches above the collar bone, four or five of the rings of cartilage, or gristle,-which, you remember, give stiffening to the windpipe,-have grown together and enlarged to form a voice box, or larynx.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson

Famous quotes with Gristle

  • "I was standing outside myself trying to stop those hangings with ghost fingers. . . . I am a ghost wanting what every ghost wants—a body—after the Long Time moving through odorless alleys of space where no life is only the colorless no smell of death. . . . Nobody can breathe and smell it through pink convulsions of gristle laced with crystal snot, time shit and black blood filters of flesh"
    William S. Burroughs
  • The foreboding statesman who knew how Greece had fallen asunder and perished, who knew the mean tenure of European leagues, who knew the absolute necessity of union and the jarring jealousies of sections, saw in the Constitution but a shadowy bond which foretold early separation and disaster. It was not strange when the Union was scarcely ten years old, still in the gristle, he heard the serpent of State sovereignty angrily hissing in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of '98.
    George William Curtis

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