Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Something that branches out or derives its existence or origin from a particular source. See Synonyms at branch.
- n. A branch, descendant, or member of a family or social group.
- n. Botany A lateral shoot from the main stem of a plant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc..
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A branch from a main stem, street, stream, or the like.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a natural consequence of development
Etymologies
Examples
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The likely offshoot is that Internet standards will become more inclusive of Internet users outside America.
Web Translations » Blog Archive » Internet changes likely to impact international Web businesses
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Is that the offshoot from the South Fork just above the Falls Creek Falls?
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A big ask, but sometimes (if not this time) the Twitter offshoot is even better than the original fabrication.
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A little later: The spoken language is an offshoot from the written language.
Tom Torriglia is going to have a best-seller « Motivated Grammar
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The offshoot from the well-known Terminator film franchise debuted in January and was the highest-rated new scripted show among adults 18-49, drawing an average of 10 million viewers.
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But wait: what if Young used the word offshoot and did not know what it meant, and what if Young learns about Islam from the 700 Club?
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A print offshoot is launching soon, and photographer Clayton James Cubitt was tapped to shoot a different kind of ink job for the magazine's premiere issue.
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Southern Rock should clearly be an offshoot from the Blues, not from Psychadelic Rock.
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We have, of course, that product of culture and breeding, the coon hound, an offshoot from the English fox hound.
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Indeed the city of Rome itself was but an offshoot from the old Latin kingdom; and there was not much difference between the two nations even in courage and perseverence.
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