offshoot
/ˈɒf.ʃuːt/US/ˈɔf.ʃuːt/
offshoot noun: something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
Noun
offshoot (plural offshoots)
- Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
- the offshoots of a tree
- Something which develops from something else.
- an offshoot of a criminal organization
- The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened.1945 September and October, “Notes and News: The "Berks & Hants" Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 299
offshoot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
offshoot in Hindi
- ऑफशूट, ऑफ़शूट, ऑफशुट
offshoot in Tamil
- துணை விளைவு, பக்கக் கிளை, புடைமுளை
offshoot in Marathi
- ऑफशूट
offshoot in Urdu
- شاخ
More languagesFewer languages
- offshoot in Bengali
- শাখা, উপশাখা, পার্শ্বনির্গম
- offshoot in Telugu
- ఆఫ్షూట్
- offshoot in Malayalam
- മുള, കൊമ്പ്, ശാഖ
- offshoot in Kannada
- ಮೊಳಕೆ, ಕವಲು, ಕೊಂಬೆ, ಉಪಶಾಖೆ
- offshoot in Punjabi
- ਆਫਸ਼ੂਟ
- offshoot in Gujarati
- ઓફશૂટ, ઑફશૂટ, ઓફશુટ
- offshoot in Nepali
- अफशुट, अफशूट
Examples of offshoot in a sentence
- As an offshoot of the form, it is still an elite physical discipline, largely performed en pointe.
- Jukeboxes have frequently been compared to the megamusicals and are considered a direct offshoot.
- Then he worked for a while in Mind Dynamics, itself an offshoot of Jose Silva's Mind Control.
Synonyms of offshoot
Forms of offshoot
| plural | offshoots |
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Origin of offshoot
From off- + shoot.
Questions about offshoot
- What does offshoot mean?
- Offshoot means something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
- What is offshoot in Hindi?
- Offshoot in Hindi is ऑफशूट, ऑफ़शूट, ऑफशुट. See Offshoot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is offshoot?
- Offshoot is a noun.
- How do you pronounce offshoot?
- Offshoot is pronounced /ˈɔf.ʃuːt/ (US).
- What is the plural of offshoot?
- The plural of offshoot is offshoots.
Words near offshoot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: offshoot (page history and authors); offshoot (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); offshoot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offshoot (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); offshoot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offshoot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offshoot (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); offshoot (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offshoot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offshoot (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); offshoot (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); offshoot (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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