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How to pronounce offshoot in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms branch, offset, outgrowth
Type of consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot

Examples of offshoot

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To keep the faith of skateboarders who consider inline skating a wimpy offshoot.
From the businessweek.com
As an offshoot of SEE1, many features of SEE2 are identical to that code system.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Second Line consists of younger people and is largely an offshoot of Third Shift.
From the heraldtribune.com
Algeria's present al Qaeda offshoot is known as al Qaeda in Islamic North Africa.
From the edition.cnn.com
It's an offshoot of a knee injury, since repaired, that was discovered at age 11.
From the dailyherald.com
In 2006, the Sisters of Hope launched an offshoot for men, called Men of Faith.
From the thenewstribune.com
This offshoot of Opa in Bethpage has the same executive chef, owner George Labos.
From the newsday.com
It's a petite offshoot of a great wine shop of the same name in Corona del Mar.
From the ocregister.com
It's important bonding time, and the offshoot is that meals get made, she said.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Outgrowth: a natural consequence of development
  • Offshoots are lateral shoots that are produced on the main stem of a plant. They may be known colloquially as "suckers". Also see basal shoot.
  • That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree
  • (Offshoots) or offsets are young plants that occur by natural, vegetative reproduction, usually at the base of the parent plant.
  • Short, usually horizontal, stem produced near the crown of a plant.
  • Rear wing to house, north of England