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n.

Cartilage, especially when present in meat.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

The connective tissue of the meat, consisting mainly of the insoluble proteins collagen and elastin. Usually inedible and accounts for the toughness of some cuts of meat. Prolonged slow cooking converts collagen to gelatine, but has no effect on elastin.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
  Synonym: cartilage

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brusk

Nederlands (Dutch)
kraakbeen

Français (French)
n. - cartilage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Knorpel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χόνδρος (κν. τραγανό)

Italiano (Italian)
cartilagine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cartilagem (f) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
хрящ

Español (Spanish)
n. - cartílago

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brosk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
软骨

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 軟骨

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연골

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 軟骨

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غضروف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חסחוס, סחוס‬

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