gristle

[US]/'grɪs(ə)l/
[UK]/'ɡrɪsl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.cartilage;cartilaginous structure

Phrases & Collocations

tough gristle

chewy gristle

bit into gristle

tender gristle

Example Sentences

Babies have gristle in some parts of the skull.

The steak was tough with bits of gristle in it.

She carefully trimmed off the gristle before cooking the meat.

The butcher removed the gristle from the meat before packaging it.

I don't like the texture of gristle in my food.

The soup was full of gristle from the chicken bones.

He found a piece of gristle in his hamburger and had to spit it out.

The gristle in the meat made it difficult to chew.

She avoided eating the gristle in the stew.

The steak had a lot of gristle, making it unappetizing.

The gristle added an unpleasant texture to the dish.

Real-world Examples

It groaned before it died because they ground its gristle.

Source: Pan Pan

The texture varies; there is cartilage and gristle to contend with.

Source: The Economist Culture

As for the texture, some people negatively compare the experience to eating gristle.

Source: BBC Learning English (official version)

And I'm-- I'm like all elbows! Elbows and gristle!

Source: Gravity Falls Season 1

Justin Massey looked up from his horsemeat. " The cold count last night reached eighty" . He pulled a piece of gristle from his teeth and flicked it to the nearest dog. " If we march, we will die by the hundreds" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

The outer rim of his shell is a soft gristle, and when prepared like the meat itself, cooks to the texture of gum drops, and is of a flavor to make you eat until you are weak and faint from surfeit.

Source: Cross Creek (Part 2)

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