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- Dictionaryentrails/ˈɛntreɪlz/
plural
- 1. a person's or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed: "a priest would find omens in the steaming entrails of a sacrificed animal"
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ENTRAILS definition: 1. the intestines and other inside organs of an animal or person, when they are outside the body…. Learn more.
1. : bowels, viscera. broadly : internal parts. 2. : the inner workings of something. the entrails of the movie industry. Synonyms. gut. innards. inside (s) inwards. viscera. vitals. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of entrails in a Sentence.
Entrails definition: the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.. See examples of ENTRAILS used in a sentence.
Use the word entrails when you want to refer — in a not too gory way — to the internal organs of a person or animal, particularly a dead one. If the inner parts of an animal are exposed, you can call them its entrails.
ENTRAILS meaning: 1. the intestines and other inside organs of an animal or person, when they are outside the body…. Learn more.
1. the internal organs of a person or animal; intestines; guts. 2. the innermost parts of anything. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C13: from Old French entrailles, from Medieval Latin intrālia, changed from Latin interānea intestines, ultimately from inter between. Word Frequency.
1. archaic : an internal part of an animal body. 2. entrails plural : bowels, guts, viscera. 3. entrails plural : the interior or internal parts of something. hairy entrails of the sofa Berton Roueché. whole mountains had their entrails torn out Wyn Roberts. Word History. Etymology.
Definition of entrails noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Anatomy) the internal organs of a person or animal; intestines; guts. 2. the innermost parts of anything. [C13: from Old French entrailles, from Medieval Latin intrālia, changed from Latin interānea intestines, ultimately from inter between]
(plural only, uncountable) The internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines. Wiktionary. (archaic) Plural form of entrail. Wiktionary. Synonyms: innards. viscera. umbles. numbles. giblets. digestion. insides. guts. Origin of Entrails.
