innard

Gut or entrail

Innard is almost always used in the plural.

Innards are the internal organs of a person or animal, especially the intestines: The butcher removed the innards.

By extension, innards can refer to the internal workings of anything: the innards of a computer, the innards of a watch.

organ

entrails

Internal digestive organs

  • gutsEntrails or boldness
  • visceraAbdominal organs collectively
  • bowelsLower digestive organs

intestines · offal · stomach · liver · kidney · heart · spleen · lung · colon · duodenum

figurative

core

Central essential portion

  • centerMiddle of anything
  • heartCirculatory system's pump
  • gutsEntrails or boldness

nucleus · kernel · essence · marrow · pith · crux · depths · belly · underbelly · bowels

cuisine

offal

Edible animal organs

giblets · haggis · menudo · kidney pie · liverwurst · black pudding · pâté · foie gras · headcheese · scrapple

visceral

gut feeling

Instinctive sense about something

deep · intuitive · emotional · intense · unfiltered · spontaneous · reactive · passionate · fervent · instinctual

Opposites
interior vs. exterior location

innardexterior

Outer portion

outside · surface · outer layer · shell · skin

soft internal organs vs. hard structural elements

innardskeleton

Internal supportive framework

bone · exoskeleton · frame · hide · pelt

Family

innards

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