Usually means: Containing tough, chewy bits of tendon.
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  1. gristly: Merriam-Webster
  2. gristly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gristly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gristly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gristly: Vocabulary.com
  6. gristly: Wordnik
  7. gristly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gristly: Wiktionary
  9. gristly: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Gristly, gristly: Dictionary.com
  11. Gristly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. gristly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. gristly: Rhymezone
  14. Gristly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. gristly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. gristly: FreeDictionary.org
  17. gristly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. gristly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gristly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (gristly)

▸ adjective:  Resembling or containing gristle.

Similar:
rubbery, tough, cartilaginous, grisly, grumous, gritsome, gristy, grittish, grainy, gruelly, more...

Opposite:
tender, succulent, juicy, soft, palatable

Types:
sinewy, chewy, fibrous, more...

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Similar:
rubbery, tough, cartilaginous, grisly, grumous, gritsome, gristy, grittish, grainy, gruelly, more...

Opposite:
tender, succulent, juicy, soft, palatable

Types:
sinewy, chewy, fibrous, more...



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