gristle

Other forms of gristle

plural

gristles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gristle

What does gristle mean?

gristle means "tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults".

How many syllables are in gristle?

gristle has 2 syllables: gris-tle. The stress falls on "gris". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹɪsəl/.

What is another word for gristle?

Close synonyms include cartilage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gristle a common word?

gristle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.