offshoot (noun)
1offshoot — ► NOUN 1) a side shoot on a plant. 2) a thing that develops from something else …
2offshoot — off‧shoot [ˈɒfʆuːt ǁ ˈɒːf ] noun [countable] a company or organization which has developed from a larger or earlier one: • The company was originally an offshoot of Bell Telephones. * * * offshoot UK US /ˈɒfʃuːt/ noun [C] ► WORKPLACE a company or …
3offshoot — noun 1) the plant s offshoots Syn: side shoot, shoot, sucker, tendril, runner, scion, slip, offset, stolon; twig, branch, bough, limb 2) an offshoot of Cromwell s line Syn …
4offshoot — I noun addition, annex, branch, byproduct, derivative, descendant, development, division, extension, issue, member, offspring, outgrowth, satellite, scion, subdivision, subsidiary, supplement II index affiliate, consequence (conclusion),… …
5offshoot — noun A derivative; a side product. The discovery of nuclear reactors was ah offshoot of research in quantum physics …
6offshoot — noun (C) 1 an organization, system of beliefs etc which has developed from a larger or earlier one: Marxism Leninism and its various offshoots (+ of): The company was originally an offshoot of Bell Telephones. 2 a new stem or branch on a plant …
7offshoot — noun Date: 1710 1. a. a collateral or derived branch, descendant, or member ; outgrowth b. a lateral branch (as of a mountain range) 2. a branch of a main stem especially of a plant …
8offshoot — noun That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree. Syn: spinoff …
9offshoot — noun 1》 a side shoot on a plant. 2》 a thing that develops from something else …
10offshoot — UK [ˈɒfˌʃuːt] / US [ˈɔfˌʃut] noun [countable] Word forms offshoot : singular offshoot plural offshoots 1) a company, group, or organization that has developed from a larger one It s an offshoot of a Swedish company. a radical offshoot of the… …
