offspring

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/(UK)
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/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/(UK) · /ˈɔfspɹɪŋ/(US) · /ˈɑfspɹɪŋ/(US)

Definition of offspring

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
    “We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.”
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noun

  1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
    “We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.”
  2. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
  3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
    “In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.”
  4. (figuratively)Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
    “Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.”
  5. A process launched by another process.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

Words you can make from offspring

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

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