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LOIN

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• LOIN (noun)
The noun LOIN has 2 senses:

1. a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
2. either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds

Familiarity information: LOIN used as a noun is rare.

• LOIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("loin" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lumbus; loin

Hypernyms ("loin" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("loin" is a part of...):

quadruped (an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking)

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

"He who sleeps forgets his hunger."
(English proverb)
"A good chief gives, he does not take."
(Native American proverb, Mohawk)
"A servant who has two masters, lies to one of them."
(Arabic proverb)
"A monkey is a gazelle in its mother’s eyes."
(Egyptian proverb)

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