ˈinə(r)dz noun plural
Etymology: alteration of inwards
1. : the internal organs of a man or animal
treating their innards at state expense — Mollie Panter-Downes
especially : viscera
his innards were rumbling
2. : the internal parts or interior of something
churned up from the earth's innards — Time
the insidious innards of the women's magazines — Hugh Mulligan
especially : the internal parts of a structure or mechanism
the iron innards of a great four-faced clock — New Yorker