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Word entry · 7 letters

gristle

Best crossword clue

"Tough meat tissue"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹɪsəl/Part of speech nounSorted egilrstStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

Used in a sentence

  • When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best[…]
  • But she was tired of cell culture, tired of meticulously cutting away dead tissue like gristle from a steak […]
  • 1885, Ada Sarah Ballin, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice, It. must be borne in mind that the bones of a young infant are little more than gristle, and are liable to bend, and so become deformed.

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