Definitions for gristle
ˈgrɪs əlgris·tle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartilage, gristlenoun

   tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gristlenoun

   Cartilage; cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.

2. gristlenoun

   Bone not yet hardened by age and hard work.

3. Etymology: From gristel, grystyl, from gristel, gristle, formed from a diminutive of grist, from gredanan, equivalent to. Cognate with gristel, gerstel, gristel.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GRISTLEnoun

   A cartilage; a part of the body next in hardness to a bone.

   Etymology: gristle, Saxon.

   No living creatures, that have shells very hard, as oysters, crabs, lobsters, and especially the tortoise, have no bones within them, but only little gristles. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   Lest the asperity or hardness of these cartilages should hurt the œsophagus or gullet, which is tender and of a skinny substance, or hinder the swallowing of our meat, therefore these annulary gristles are not made round, or intire circles; but where the gullet touches the windpipe, there, to fill up the circle, is only a soft membrane, which may easily give way to the dilatation of the gullet. John Ray, on the Creation.

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1. gristle

   Gristle is a type of dense, white connective tissue found in animal meat, typically difficult to chew or consume. It's primarily composed of collagen and is somewhat rubbery. Gristle often refers to the parts of the meat that are not easily eaten or digested.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gristlenoun

   cartilage. See Cartilage

2. Etymology: [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf. OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. Grist.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gristle

   gris′l, n. a soft elastic substance in animal bodies—also called Cartilage.—n. Grist′liness.—adj. Grist′ly. [A.S. gristle—grist, grinding.]

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1. • Animal Tissue

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1. glister

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gristle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gristle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gristle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gristle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gristle
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gristle
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gristle