gristle.

Tough, rubbery cartilage or similar tissue found in meat.

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Words that belong together

• piece of gristle
• tough gristle

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He removed the gristle from the meat.

The blade caught against a piece of gristle.

The creature’s tissue was as tough as gristle.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Mass noun. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.